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Innovation

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Ford CEO has 5,000 open mechanic jobs with up to 6-figure salaries from the shortage of manually skilled workers: ‘We are in trouble in our country’
Future of Work

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Ford CEO warns there’s a dearth of blue-collar workers able to construct AI data centers and operate factories: ‘Nothing to backfill the ambition’

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Future of Work

Trump hails ‘booming investment’ in Detroit while auto manufacturing jobs have fallen every month since Liberation Day

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Future of Work

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Future of Work

Gen Z is open minded about blue-collar work and the Fords of the economy need them — but both sides are missing each other

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Commentary

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Ford CEO Jim Farley said Trump would halve the EV market by ending subsidies. Now he’s writing down $19.5 billion amid a ‘customer-driven’ shift
North America

Ford CEO Jim Farley said Trump would halve the EV market by ending subsidies. Now he’s writing down $19.5 billion amid a ‘customer-driven’ shift

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Innovation

Backflips are easy, stairs are hard: Robots still struggle with simple human movements, experts say

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AI

Physical AI robots will automate ‘large sections’ of factory work in the next decade, Arm CEO says

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Success

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December 8, 2025
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Success

Nearly 4 million new manufacturing jobs are coming to America as boomers retire—but it’s the one trade job Gen Z doesn’t want

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December 4, 2025
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Economy

Elon Musk says he warned Trump against tariffs, which U.S. manufacturers blame for a turn to more offshoring and diminishing American factory jobs

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Economy

Despite Trump’s best efforts to reshore manufacturing, blue-collar employment is plunging for the first time since the pandemic with 59,000 lost jobs

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