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LISTEN: Stellantis Workers, Union Fume Over $0 Bonuses
Big 3 auto workers tend to rely on annual profit-sharing checks as a part of the compensation plans negotiated through the United Autoworkers Union.This year, Ford employees are taking home just shy of $7,000. GM’s union workers were
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Mexican Cement Giant Making a Push in the U.S.
Mexico’s largest cement producer — and one of the leading building materials manufacturers globally — hopes that a newly announced acquisition will bolster its position in the U.S. construction market.Cemex said Thursday that it reached...
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LISTEN: PepsiCo to Shutter Southern California Facility, Cut Nearly 250 Jobs
Eight months after PepsiCo relegated a longtime Frito-Lay plant in Southern California to a distribution hub, the food and beverage giant is now reportedly closing the campus entirely — and laying off hundreds of workers.Frito-Lay
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LISTEN: ‘Completely Preventable Mistake’ Caused Fatal Refinery Accident in Texas
On October 10, 2024, at around 4:23 p.m., some 27,000 pounds of toxic hydrogen sulfide gas were released during a maintenance activity at the PEMEX Deer Park Refinery in Deer Park, Texas. The refinery makes more than a quarter of a million barr...
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LISTEN: Dead Vehicle Crowned America’s New Cheapest Car
U.S. consumers looking for the least expensive new vehicle option are facing both bad and good news.The bad news is that the U.S. market no longer has a new vehicle with an average MSRP below $20,000. According to
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LISTEN: Tennessee Volkswagen Workers Ratify First Union Contract
Nearly two years after its workers voted to establish one of the first unions at an auto factory in the South, employees at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, have approved their first contract.The United Auto Workers union...
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LISTEN: Gen Z in Manufacturing: The Secret to Helping Young Machinists Fall in Love With the Shop Floor
Welcome to another episode of Gen Z in Manufacturing, a podcast where I talk to young people about their journeys in manufacturing, how they intend to influence the indu...
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LISTEN: Brewing Giant Expects Aluminum Tariffs to Hurt Profits
One of the nation’s largest brewers says it expects tariffs on the aluminum used in its cans to dent its profits this year.Molson Coors said in its latest
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LISTEN: "Boiling Blood and Death" Odors Detected 10 Miles Away
The State of Texas filed a lawsuit against Darling Ingredients, accusing the com...
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LISTEN: Outspoken Critic of Offshoring to Move Ohio Mfg Operations to China
Last month, Conn-Selmer – a manufacturer that’s said to be the last to produce brass musical instruments in the United States – announced that it would be closing its plant in Eastlake, Ohio.And while it’s not exactly an unfamiliar story...
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LISTEN: Unexploded Artillery and Lasers Await Trespassers at U.S. Army Test Center
The U.S. Army’s Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona is filled with all manner of things that can seriously hurt or kill a person. And the U.S. military would really appreciate it if people would stop trespassing there.The giant desert trainin...
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LISTEN: Wind Turbine Graveyard in Texas Sparks Lawsuit
The State of Texas filed a lawsuit against industrial waste recycler Global Fibergl...
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LISTEN: Cargill to Shutter Wisconsin Plant, Cut More than 200 Jobs
Cargill says it plans to shut down its beef plant in Milwaukee and lay off more than 200 workers amid turmoil in the U.S. beef industry.
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LISTEN: Brewing Giant to Slash Thousands of Jobs Amid Sluggish Sales, Tech Push
The world’s second-largest brewer says it plans to combat a sluggish beer market by using technology to make its operations more efficient — and, in turn, slash thousands of jobs.Heineken, which announced its latest financial results We...
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LISTEN: Investigation Opened Into Woodland Pulp Accident That Killed 20-Year-Old Intern
The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) has opened an investigation into a fatal chemical release at Woodland Pulp in Baileyville, Maine.On January 27, 2026, 20-year old intern Kasie Malcolm, a chemical engineering ...
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LISTEN: Waymo Workers in the Philippines Are Helping Stumped 'Driverless' Cars
The race for the first viable driverless taxi fleet is still moving forward at a rapid pace, with players like Tesla and Waymo generating regular headlines highlighting the good and the bad.And though the vision is there, the technology ...
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LISTEN: DOJ Thwarts Potential Bagged Ice Monopoly
A proposed merger between two of the largest packaged ice companies in the U.S. has been met with a list of divestiture requirements from the U.S. Justice Department’s Antitrust Division.https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-...
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LISTEN: Porsche May Kill These 2 Models Before They Even Hit the Market
It’s hard out there for any automaker dealing with tariffs, development costs, consumer sentiment and a muted shift to electric vehicles – and luxury carmakers are not exempt.A new report suggests that Porsche’s cost cutting efforts may ...
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LISTEN: Plant Closure Means Cape Cod Chips Won't Be Made on Cape Cod
Forty-nine workers are set to lose their jobs when The Campbell’s Company closes a plant in the Massachusetts town of Hyannis this spring.An...
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LISTEN: Has Nissan Cracked the Code on the Solar Car?
Many have tried, but no one has quite perfected the solar car.The average vehicle spends most – or all – of its time outside, either in use or parked, and with more than 6 million electric vehicles now present on American roads, many aut...
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John Deere Bringing Back Nearly 100 Laid-Off Workers
John Deere announced that it would recall 99 laid-off employees to its facilities in eastern Iowa. The workers will report to the machinery manufacturer’s Davenpor...
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LISTEN: Honda, GM to End U.S. Manufacturing Joint Venture This Year
https://www.ien.com/video/video/22959460/honda-gm-to-end-us-manufacturing-joint-venture-this-yearHonda said earlier this month that it reached a decision with Gene...
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LISTEN: Volkswagen Chief Puts Plans for U.S. Audi Factory on Ice
https://www.ien.com/video/video/22959340/volkswagen-chief-puts-plans-for-us-audi-factory-on-iceIn spring of 2025, after a flurry of tariffs were announced, foreign automakers were in crisis mode. Among them was Volkswagen, a German compa...
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