Recently the New York Times reported on the rare transitioning of white collar employees to blue collar skilled trades. Sounds ludicrous, but it can happen. In the article, they [...]

SCOTUS Says EPA Must Conduct Cost-Benefits Analysis; Agency Sends Final Power Plant Rule for White House Review One Voice applauds the Court’s decision to hold the EPA accountable for its [...]

Administration Releases New Overtime Rules The Department of Labor has released its long awaited rule updating the regulations governing overtime pay for employees. Under the current regulations, the salary threshold [...]

Herb Homeyer Elected NTMA Board Chairman: Seeks Authentic Leadership in 2015 Term CLEVELAND, OH - March 13, 2015 - The National Tooling and Machining Association (NTMA) announced today that Herb [...]

Tuesday, March 03, 2015 The Power of U.S. Manufacturing on Display in Orlando Focus on Innovative Technologies at Manufacturing Industry Leader Conference Orlando, FL – This week, hundreds of manufacturing [...]

R&D Tax Credit, Section 179 Expensing and Bonus Depreciation Keys to Keeping U.S. Manufacturing Strong Tuesday, December 02, 2014 Washington, DC, December 2, 2014 – The National Tooling and Machining [...]

01/08/2015 This afternoon, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 30, the Save American Workers Act to change the definition of a full-time employee under the health care law to 40 [...]

President Obama talked up a resurgence in U.S. jobs and manufacturing while many are calling for more to be done. Mark Wilson/Getty Images Advertisement The state of the union is [...]

ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS - The Rock River Valley Tooling and Machining Association (RRVTMA) awarded three $1,000 scholarships at their 2013 Apprentice Appreciation dinner on June 5, 2013. This is the first [...]

ROCKFORD - The Rockford metropolitan area was named one of the top 20 "Best Cities for Manufacturing Jobs" in a recent study because of the area's manufacturing employment growth.   [...]