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"BLUE COLAR" SKILLED LABOR
see also: Shipbuilding
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LATEST NEWS, STATS
STATE OF THE U.S. ECONOMY
NATIONAL DEBT, SOC SEC, BANKING
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Featured News - U.S. Industry WATCH ON YOUTUBE
FEATURED
Do Tariffs Actually Save U.S. Manufacturing?
March 2025 | 8 min | LaserWeld Texas
SKILLED LABOR SHORTAGE
Plumbers, Electricians, Carpenters:
America's Undervalued Heroes
June 2025 | 21 min | Dr. Phil Primetime
SKILLED LABOR SHORTAGE
Why 10 Million Jobs Are Going Unfilled In America
Aug 2024 | 11 min | Dr. Phil
- Mike Rowe (wiki) - Works Foundation -
SKILLED LABOR SHORTAGE
You Can Make $150,000 Per Year Welding With an $8,000 Certificate: Mike Rowe
March 2025 | 23 min | American Thought Leaders
- Mike Rowe (wiki) - Works Foundation -
GEN-Z
GEN-Z In Manufacturing
Are They A Lost Cause?
July 2025 | 14 min | LaserWeld Texas
GEN-Z
Gen-Z Ditching 4-Year Colleges for Trade Schools, Wall Street Journal reports
April 2024 | 5 min | CBS News
Why Are Healthy Men Exiting The Workforce?
April 2025 | 28 min | Mike Rowe
What’s Stopping Companies from Bringing Manufacturing To The U.S.
Aug 4, 2025 | 13 min | CNBC
Why U.S. Manufacturing is Coming Back
July 2025 | 19 min | Future in the Making
G.E. Appliances Moving Washing Machine Manufacturing Back from China to Louisville
June 2025 | 3 min | WLKY News Louisville
America is Preparing for a Manufacturing Renaissance. Will there be Enough Workers?
Jan 2025 | 9 min | PBS NewsHour
Made in Texas, Built for the World: How We Compete with China (Part 1)
Dec 2024 | 6 min | LaserWeld Texas
Made in Texas, Built for the World: How We Compete with China (Part 2)
Feb 2025 | 12 min | LaserWeld Texas
Why Factories Are Coming Back to the U.S.
Sept 2023 | 11 min | CNBC
TRUCKING
Why the Trucking Industry is so Fragmented and Chaotic
Oct 2021 | 12 min | CNBC