West Virginia

'Attacking the regulations': West Virginia lawmakers vow to fight environmental rules
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
McKinley also predicted significant federal tax reform for the overly complex ... She said the West Virginia delegation, including Democratic Sen ...

Kanawha circuit judge holds hearing on right-to-work law
West Virginia Record
CHARLESTON – Kanawha Circuit Judge Jennifer Bailey conducted a hearing on whether West Virginia will become a right-to-work state, saying she ...

Job Creation Priority for Legislative Leaders in 2017
West Virginia Public Broadcasting
The West Virginia Senate will have a new leader come February, but it appears legislative priorities on both sides of the Capitol rotunda will remain ...

Labor's uphill battle to stop right-to-work in WV
West Virginia MetroNews
West Virginia labor organizations are mounting a legal challenge to the state's right-to-work law. Friday, Kanawha County Circuit Court Judge Jennifer ...

Crackers put Northern West Virginia on road to riches
The Exponent Telegram (press release) (registration)
“Manufacturing jobs actually dipped to about 12.1 percent of the workforce, retail to about 12.5 percent. Health care is a little higher, about 19 percent.

Decision on right-to-work probably not until '17
Charleston Gazette-Mail (subscription)
Gibbs' motion states that he is employed in West Virginia and is in a ... Pursuant to the Right to Work law, when the current collective bargaining ...

Standing up for W.Va. coal miners, communities
The Exponent Telegram (press release) (registration)
The result is that West Virginia coal production has plummeted from about 160 million tons to just 100 million tons per year. Fortunately, metallurgical ...

DEP pulls proposed changes to WV water quality rules
Charleston Gazette-Mail (subscription)
DEP pulls proposed changes to WV water quality rules ... quality standards, after the West Virginia Manufacturers Association revealed its plan to ask ...

What we still don't know about the Carrier deal
West Virginia Public Broadcasting
News that a heating and air conditioning equipment manufacturer called Carrier was canceling plans to move some of its production from Indiana to ...

United States

Despite tariff talk, companies hesitate to criticize Trump
Chicago Tribune
... companies to produce in the United States is to be welcomed," said Jerry Jasinowski, former president of the National Association of Manufacturers.

ACC launches center to support companies, new chemical safety act
Hydrocarbon Processing
WASHINGTON – The American Chemistry Council (ACC) announced the creation of the Center for Chemical Safety Act Implementation, a scientific, ...

3.5M Manufacturing Jobs Need To Be Filled, But Will Millennials Step Up To The Plate?
Manufacturing.net (blog)
But manufacturing is facing a serious problem. Over the next decade 3.5 million manufacturing jobs likely need to be filled, and the skills gap is ...

US economy added 178000 jobs in November; unemployment rate dropped to 4.6 percent
Washington Post
The fall was driven partly by the creation of new jobs and partly by people .... The latest report indicated manufacturing jobs had fallen from both the ...