The Manufacturing Institute honors America's manufacturing workers this Labor Day while warning of 1.9 million potentially unfilled jobs by 2033. Programs like FAME USA, STEP Ahead and AI skills training aim to build the workforce the industry needs.
Fourteen students signed letters of intent with manufacturing employers at Iowa's first FAME chapter signing ceremony in Davenport. They'll combine classes at Eastern Iowa Community Colleges with paid work, training as advanced manufacturing technicians to help close the…
Aluminum maker Constellium turned a hesitant leap into the FAME earn-and-learn program into a powerful talent pipeline, sponsoring 35 technicians and hiring 35 graduates at its Muscle Shoals plant—with 90% of sponsored students staying on after graduation.
