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31 January 2013

Bipartisan Group of Senators Introduce STEM Visa Bill

Senators Hatch (R-UT), Klobuchar (D-MN), Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Chris Coons (D-DE) have introduced the Immigration Innovation (I2) Act of 2013. The bill would bring long-overdue reforms to the nation’s immigration laws for highly-skilled workers. It focuses on four areas for reform:  employment-based nonimmigrant visas (H-1B visas); student visas; immigrant visas and green cards; and STEM education and worker retraining. Please join AMT in thanking the Senators for their leadership in helping to build the Smartforce.  (more)
15 September 2012

Bill to Boost American Manufacturing Passes House on Strong Bipartisan Vote

Legislation sponsored by Reps. Dan Lipinski (D-IL) and Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) to require the development of a national strategy to revitalize American manufacturing and create jobs was approved today by the House of Representatives. The American Manufacturing Competitiveness Act, H.R. 5865, passed with an overwhelming vote, 339-77. The House’s approval sets up the opportunity for Senate consideration prior to the year’s end. (more)
22 August 2012

The Manufacturing Mandate - A National Manufacturing Strategy to Help Rebuild and Strengthen the U.S. Manufacturing Sector
20 July 2012

AMP Report Outlines Approaches to Spur Domestic Manufacturing Investment and Innovation

Echoing AMT’s Manufacturing Mandate, the Advanced Manufacturing Partnership report, Capturing Domestic Competitive Advantage in Advanced Manufacturing, issued a set of 16 recommendations around three pillars: enabling innovation; securing the talent pipeline; and improving the business climate. The recommendations are aimed at reinventing manufacturing in a way that ensures U.S. competitiveness, feeds into the Nation’s innovation economy, and invigorates the domestic manufacturing base. The objective is to position the Nation to lead the world in new disruptive advanced manufacturing technologies that are changing the face of manufacturing, (more)
17 April 2012

Appeals Court Blocks NLRB Poster Rule

In a major victory for the Coalition for a Democratic Workplace (CDW), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit granted an injunction to delay the effective date of the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) union poster rule. The poster rule was slated to be effective on April 30, but has been delayed indefinitely pending the appeals process and decision. AMT is a longstanding member of the CDW. (more)