Wanted: More Women and Video Gamers for Industrial Jobs
Both Joe Biden and Donald Trump want to bring back more manufacturing jobs to the U.S., but companies are worried about finding the right workers.
Manufacturers need a skilled workforce, and they are taking steps to cultivate it.
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If you hated President Donald Trump’s tariffs, you’re not going to like what his Democratic challenger Joe Biden has in store for manufacturing, either. Biden this week laid out a plan to target the offshoring of factory jobs with a carrot-and-stick approach that is strikingly similar to Trump’s own. There are some notable differences in tactics, of course: Trump still favors tariffs and is light on actual new specifics, while former Vice President Biden offered a detailed proposal to claim a bigger share of overseas profits through the U.S. tax code. The general gist, though, is the same: a domestic manufacturing renaissance is a national priority and those who don’t jump on the bandwagon will be penalized.