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Manufacturing is Major Contributor to Economy and Growth

Submitted by Armand Biroonak
October 7, 2008

The manufacturing sector is responsible for more than 12 percent of America’s gross domestic product and pays for approximately 60 percent of the research and development work that has made America a technological leader.

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Economic Policy Institute

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Manufacturing Jobs Fall Under Bush

Submitted by Armand Biroonak
October 7, 2008

Manufacturing employment fell for the first time after Bush took office--below 16.5 million-- the first time for the period between 1965-2000.

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United Steelworkers and EPI
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Manufacturing Jobs Decline 17% Past Seven Years

Submitted by Armand Biroonak
October 7, 2008

Between 2001 and 2007, more 3 million manufacturing workers lost their jobs—a 17 percent decline.

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Associated Press
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Ten Things You Should Know About China

By Charles McMillion
August 11, 2008

If global economics were an Olympic sport, here are key reasons why China would be winning gold medals, while the United States would be an also-ran. This list helps make the case for a new American industrial policy.

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Manufacturing Sector Takes a Big Hit

Submitted by Armand Biroonak
July 17, 2008

The manufacturing sector has been hit hard by current foreign trade policies with 3.4 million jobs—one out of every five manufacturing jobs—shipped overseas over the past seven years. Under the current trade agreements, as many as 40 million more jobs will be at risk over the next 10 to 20 years.

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Martin Crutsinger, "Factory Jobs: 3 Million Lost Since 2000," Associated Press. 20 April 2008. http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8OKGR480&show_article=1
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Manufacturing Sector Losing Jobs

Submitted by Eran Lillestrand (not verified)
March 14, 2008

The manufacturing sector has lost 3.4 million jobs – one out of every six manufacturing jobs – since 2000, the worst decline since the demobilization after World War II. Many of these jobs have gone overseas.

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U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Archived News Releases for Employment Situation. http://www.bls.gov/schedule/archives/empsit_nr.htm; See also: Robert E. Scott. “Manufacturing Job Loss: Productivity is Not the Culprit.” Economic Policy Institute. February 2007. http://www.epi.org/content.cfm?id=2626; See also: Martin Crutsinger, “Factory Jobs: 3 Million Lost Since 2000” Associated Press, 20 April 2007. http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8OKGR480&show_article=1
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US Manufacturing moving overseas

Submitted by Eran Lillestrand (not verified)
March 14, 2008

About one-half of all U.S.-owned manufacturing production is now located abroad

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Jeff Faux, “Globalization that Works for Working Americans,” EPI Briefing Paper #179, 11 January 2007. http://www.sharedprosperity.org/bp179.html
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Manufacturing Jobs Disappearing

Submitted by Alex Carter
March 11, 2008

Between 2000 and 2007, America lost one out of every five manufacturing jobs – a loss of 3.4 million jobs.

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U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. Data compiled and Available from: http://www.bls.gov/ces/home.htm
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