OUR STRENGTH
Strong Economy, Middle Class and Small Business
- Manufacturing is the most important cause of economic growth
- Global Trade is based on Manufactured Goods, NOT Services
- 98% of manufacturing companies are Small Business and 75% have fewer than 20 employees
- 1/4 of American workers make less than $10 per hour, but the average annual salary in the Manufacturing Industry is $81,000.
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The Manufacturing Industry is Under Attack
- Manufacturing jobs support strong, middle-class families
- A Manufacturing Industry ensures America's independence.
THE PROBLEM
Why America Manufactures Abroad
THE EFFECT
Minority Employment
- The Great Migration was the exodus of 6 million African Americans out of Southern United States to the North and occurred specifically because of job opportunities created by the manufacturing sector
- Trade Deals like NAFTA and the TPP that enable the off-shoring of low skilled labor disproportionately affect minority communitites
- A look at how Industrial Flight Led to the Decline of Black Communities
- African-American auto-industry workers should be outraged that NAFTA enabled their employers to easily send their jobs to Mexico
- In Mexico the average auto-industry worker makes $2.25 an hour
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THE EFFECT
Environment / Pollution
- America is Top 5 for Environmental Democracy
- The increasing stingency of environmental regulation accounts for much of the 1990-2008 decrease in pollution emmissions from U.S. Manufacturing.
- Cargo ships burn cheap, poisonous Bunker fuel
- One cargo ship can pollute as much as 50 million cars
- MANUFACTURE LOCAL® to reduce Pollution
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Women Worked to Win The Wars
- The Manufacturing industry elevated women into the workspace.
- Thus creating opportunities for future generations.
- To break through the glass ceiling.
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BURDEN OVER FUTURE
College Debt
- Record College Debt Threatens Economy
- Manufacturing occupations are available for people at all education levels, from less than a high school diploma
- Manufacturing goes to high school to find future workers.
- Learn a Skill, Go to Technical School, Avoid $250K in Student Debt
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