What's New

• Read the Economic Policy Institute briefing paper, Squandering the Blue-Collar Advantage.
• Read the Alliance for American Manufacturing report, How Infrastructure Investments Support the U.S. Economy: Employment, Productivity, and Growth.
• Read the Economic Policy Institute's briefing paper, Renewing U.S. Manufacturing.
• Read the Center for Economic and Policy Research report, The Decline of African American Representation in Unions and Manufacturing, 1979-2007.
• Find out which companies are sending jobs overseas with Working America’s Job Tracker.

Facts & Stats

• Average hourly compensation for manufacturing workers was $24.30 in 2001, compared with $19.74 in service-producing sectors—and more info at AFL-CIO Facts & Stats.

Related Topics

• AFL-CIO Industrial Union Council.
• Agenda for a strong manufacturing base.
• More information on the fight for global fairness.
• Exporting America—get the facts.