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    The latest on manufacturing hiring trends, the skills gap, workforce best practices and labor issues.

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    Compensation Strategies

    Are Your Posted Salary Ranges Too Broad? It Could Cost You Talent

    April 4, 2024
    Some companies are playing fast and loose with pay transparency, to their own detriment.
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    Talent

    Bridge Collapse, Boeing Blues and the Eaglet Has Landed: IW's Weekly Reads

    April 12, 2024
    Also, is there a union election at Alabama's Mercedes-Benz plant in the not-too-distant future?
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    Labor / Employment Policy

    Mercedes-Benz Workers in Alabama File for Union Election

    April 5, 2024
    The UAW has never before had the supermajority needed to file at the plant.
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    Corporate Culture

    What, Exactly, Is a Leader’s Responsibility Around Psychological Safety?

    April 3, 2024
    Employees must feel safe speaking up about work matters, but encouraging a parent-child dynamic in the workplace can cause problems of its own.
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    Corporate Culture

    Building a Culture of Everyday Innovation

    March 28, 2024
    Moonshots get the attention, but behind-the-scenes creative thinking drives the bus.

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    Labor / Employment Policy

    Explainer: How Do Workplaces Join Unions?

    April 16, 2024
    What to know to understand the UAW's campaign, an uptick in union activity and a recent change in the union-election process.
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    Talent

    Production Pulse: Women in Engineering and Manufacturing

    March 7, 2024
    Engineers from Subaru and Endress+Hauser discussed how to bring more girls into STEM and offer career opportunities for women in manufacturing.
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    Education / Training

    The US Must Lead the Way in Advanced Manufacturing Talent

    March 6, 2024
    Tapping into workforce resources at the national level can advance the skills of the labor force locally.
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    Talent

    Talent Advisory Board — Managing Your 24 Hours Well

    March 5, 2024
    For February, the shortest month of the year, IW's panel of manufacturing talent experts give advice on time management.
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    Talent

    Hiring Veterans for Manufacturing (Podcast)

    March 1, 2024
    Reacting to the tragic death of his brother, Bill Leahy founded a group to encourage veterans to find purpose working with their hands in manufacturing plants.