by Dave Johnson | Oct 18, 2010 | Blog
On Friday the US International Trade Commission (ITC) determined that US producers are harmed by Chinese "dumping" (selling below cost, government subsidies...) of seamless pipe. This was in response to a a joint petition of the United Steelworkers and U.S. pipe...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 18, 2010 | Blog, Making it in America
I'll be in Erie, PA to cover a "Keep It Made In America" Town Hall this evening. If you are in the Erie, PA area, tonight's event will be at 5:30 pm at the Bayfront Convention Center will feature the following guests: Scott Paul, Executive Director, Alliance for...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 18, 2010 | Blog, Making it in America
Driving across Ohio toward Wheeling you pass one small manufacturing company after another - but not too many with lots of cars in the employee parking lot. I stopped in a coffee shop in a small township. They offered me a cookie, and when I declined, the owner said,...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 17, 2010 | Blog
Thursday evening I attended the "Keep It Made In America" Town Hall in the John Spitzer Conference Center at Lorain County Community College, an impressive, large campus. Lorain, Ohio is another town with closed factories, boarded-up houses, high unemployment, and...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 15, 2010 | Blog, Making it in America
I have just learned that tonite's "Keep It Made In America" Town Hall in Wheeling, West Virginia will be webcast live starting at 5:15PM EST. Visit the Wheeling Town Hall - Live page for the webcast. From their page: With the election less than three weeks away, West...
