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- President Donald Trump talks about manufacturing jobs in the U.S. and asserts that his administration has created millions of jobs for American workers and that the unemployment rate in the U.S. is the lowest ever. Trump's comments are made after touring a showcase at the White House which featured American made products.
- Date Issued:
- 2018-07-23T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Barack H. Obama speaks to employees at the the Master Lock factory in Milwaukee, Wisconsin about his plan to promote American manufacturing. Obama says that Master Lock is an example of a company that moved jobs back to the U.S. from China and it is time to stop rewarding businesses that ship jobs overseas.
- Date Issued:
- 2012-02-15T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- In this installment of "Western Michigan at Work," Dr. Willis Dunbar surveys the economic well being of cities around western Michigan, based upon reports from various local Chambers of Commerce. Chamber of Commerce members from Sturgis, Coldwater, Three Rivers, Greenville, Hastings, Ionia, and South Haven talk about the status of business in their communities and all report a general upswing and expansion in manufacturing and retail sales. Dunbar also highlights construction projects in Greenville and Hastings and reviews employment figures across the state.
- Date Issued:
- 1948-12-28T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Marvin Grinstern talks about his employment at REO Motor Car Company/Diamond-Reo Trucks, Inc, in Lansing, MI, from 1965 and 1975. Grinstern describes growing up in Lansing, farming, visiting his father at the plant, as a boy, during the 1937 strike and finally joining his father and other relatives at REO. Grinstern also talks about a fatal accident on the shop floor, managers abusing their position, the REO bankruptcy, the plant closing, and the resulting shock, depression and suicides among workers. Grinstern laments the loss of manufacturing companies and jobs in Lansing and remarks on the great changes that came to factories in the wake of unionization and women in the workplace. The interviewers are Shirley Bradley and Lisa Fine. Recorded as part of the REO Memories oral history project.
- Date Issued:
- 1992-12-03T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Barack H. Obama speaks about the importance of maintaining a strong American manufacturing sector that creates good jobs for workers and makes products which can be sold all over the world. He uses the opportunity to talk about the successful trend of in-sourcing and talks about additional investments being made. Obama is visiting the Rolls-Royce Crosspointe jet engine disc manufacturing facility in Petersburg, Virginia.
- Date Issued:
- 2012-03-09T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- In this installment of "Western Michigan at Work," Dr. Willis Dunbar surveys the economic well being of cities around western Michigan, based upon reports from various local Chambers of Commerce. Chamber of Commerce members from Sturgis, Coldwater, Three Rivers, Greenville, Hastings, Ionia, and South Haven talk about the status of business in their communities and all report a general upswing and expansion in manufacturing and retail sales. Dunbar also highlights construction projects in Greenville and Hastings and reviews employment figures across the state.
- Date Issued:
- 1948-12-28T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Marvin Grinstern talks about his employment at REO Motor Car Company/Diamond-Reo Trucks, Inc, in Lansing, MI, from 1965 and 1975. Grinstern describes growing up in Lansing, farming, visiting his father at the plant, as a boy, during the 1937 strike and finally joining his father and other relatives at REO. Grinstern also talks about a fatal accident on the shop floor, managers abusing their position, the REO bankruptcy, the plant closing, and the resulting shock, depression and suicides among workers. Grinstern laments the loss of manufacturing companies and jobs in Lansing and remarks on the great changes that came to factories in the wake of unionization and women in the workplace. The interviewers are Shirley Bradley and Lisa Fine. Recorded as part of the REO Memories oral history project.
- Date Issued:
- 1992-12-03T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Donald Trump talks about manufacturing jobs in the U.S. and asserts that his administration has created millions of jobs for American workers and that the unemployment rate in the U.S. is the lowest ever. Trump's comments are made after touring a showcase at the White House which featured American made products.
- Date Issued:
- 2018-07-23T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Barack H. Obama speaks about the importance of maintaining a strong American manufacturing sector that creates good jobs for workers and makes products which can be sold all over the world. He uses the opportunity to talk about the successful trend of in-sourcing and talks about additional investments being made. Obama is visiting the Rolls-Royce Crosspointe jet engine disc manufacturing facility in Petersburg, Virginia.
- Date Issued:
- 2012-03-09T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Barack H. Obama speaks to employees at the the Master Lock factory in Milwaukee, Wisconsin about his plan to promote American manufacturing. Obama says that Master Lock is an example of a company that moved jobs back to the U.S. from China and it is time to stop rewarding businesses that ship jobs overseas.
- Date Issued:
- 2012-02-15T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection