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• How Can Biden Bring Back Manufacturing Jobs? Weaken the Dollar
  
  Critics of a strong currency say it hurts American factory workers by making imports cheap.
  Noam Scheiber.  New York Times.  Mon, 01 Mar 2021 15:47:18 +0000.
• Lockheed snags huge Air Force deals for missile work in Orlando
  
  Lockheed employs 8,000 workers and seeks to hire hundreds more.
  Alex Soderstrom.  American City Business Journals.  Tue, 23 Feb 2021 21:07:00 +0000.
• Augmented Reality: The New Knowledge Management
  
  PBC, a bearing manufacturer, uses Taqtile's augmented reality solution to train its workers on machinery operations and maintenance.
  By Tom Davenport, Contributor.  Forbes.  Fri, 05 Feb 2021 09:06:19 -0500.
• China reports a growing shortage of factory workers
  
  The government's fourth-quarter list of 100 jobs with the greatest labor shortage showed manufacturing-related positions accounted for 36, or more than a third.
  CNBC.  Thu, 28 Jan 2021 03:13:01 GMT.
• AOC spends Inauguration Day stocking up at Costco to support striking food manufacturer workers
  
  While some Congressional Democrats spent Inauguration Day in Washington D.C., Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez spent it in the Bronx, supporting striking food manufacturer workers.
  Daily Mail.  Thu, 21 Jan 2021 13:25:39 GMT.
• How environmental monitoring can keep manufacturing workers safe
  
  The manufacturing industry presents a lot of high-risk scenarios within day-to-day operations, from lone-worker safety concerns to the risks associated with operating heavy equipment. ...
  ISHN.  Thu, 14 Jan 2021 09:39:00 -0500.
• Hospitals Are Still Facing Shortages of Masks and Other Protective Gear
  
  Health care workers are urging the incoming Biden administration to use the Defense Production Act to increase domestic manufacturing of personal protective equipment.
  Andrew Jacobs.  New York Times.  Sun, 20 Dec 2020 23:22:21 +0000.
• Solvay PFAS Replacement Found in Workers
  
  Little-known chemicals used by the manufacturer Solvay Specialty Polymers as replacements for now-regulated PFAS chemicals have been detected in the blood of company workers, according to ...
  Ryan Felton.  Consumer Reports.  Wed, 25 Nov 2020 23:56:27 +0000.
• Latex glove prices 'could rise' after mass COVID outbreak at world's biggest maker
  
  The price of medical rubber gloves could go up after thousands of workers at the world's biggest manufacturer caught coronavirus.
  Sky News.  Wed, 25 Nov 2020 14:15:00 +0000.
• Apple Suspends Key Manufacturer for Exploiting Student Workers
  
  The company misclassified student workers to enable them to work overtime.
  Daniel Cooper.  Entrepreneur.  Mon, 09 Nov 2020 16:01:55 GMT.

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