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The Compensation Confidence Gap
ID’s 2026 Salary Report finds improved pay satisfaction — but questions about what’s ahead.
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Weaving a Tapestry of Talent
How businesses and employees yield benefits from “fractional leadership.”
May 28, 2026
Kevin Scheidler (instructor) and Lara Beltz (co-owner of Beltz Home Service & Explore The Trades trustee.
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Ferguson, Skilled Trades Lab Award Grants to 18 Schools
The distributor says it aims to introduce 50,000 young people to the trades by 2030.
May 14, 2026
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SupplyHouse Launches Foundation for Skilled Trades Education
The e-commerce distributor outlined a “centralized hub” for its philanthropic efforts.
April 27, 2026
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Airgas Names the 2026 Schools in Its Annual Welding Education Program
This year’s list includes 51 returning schools and 25 new participants.
April 15, 2026
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Wolseley Canada to Provide $15,000 for ‘Skilled Trades Education’
The funding will go to post-secondary schools in Atlantic Canada.
April 3, 2026
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Caterpillar Expands Workforce Initiative to Arkansas
August 21, 2026
Andrea Lucas, nominee to be a member of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, testifies during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee hearing, June 18, 2025.
Researchers, Advocates Rail Against Government's Efforts to End Workforce Data Collection
August 13, 2026
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Industrial Distribution’s July/August Issue
July 23, 2026
Jered Mcgill Of Viking Electric Receives His Lc
Sonepar Trains Associates in ‘Advanced Lighting Strategies’
June 18, 2026
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Airgas to Again Sponsor SkillsUSA National Championships
May 29, 2026
Hiring
AI, Tariffs and Reshoring: What Skills and Roles to Hire Now
April 23, 2026
Silver Tsunami
Is Your Facility Ready to Weather the ‘Silver Tsunami?’
April 17, 2026
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Gen Z in Manufacturing: The Secret to Helping Young Machinists Fall in Love With the Shop Floor
February 24, 2026
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Home Depot Cutting Hundreds of Corporate Jobs
January 30, 2026
People rally on Wednesday, April 23, 2025.
Hundreds of Laid-Off Researchers at U.S. Workplace Safety Center Are Being Reinstated
January 15, 2026
Starrett
Workers Laid Off by Tool Manufacturer to Receive Support from Labor Department
January 7, 2026
Maintenance technician Liz Cardenas replaces a conveyor belt roller at a training area in a Walmart distribution center Thursday, Sept. 25, 2025, in Bentonville, Ark.
Walmart, Other U.S. Companies Want to Build a Pipeline of Skilled Tradespeople
December 22, 2025
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The Hidden Costs of Standing Still
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The Hidden Costs of Standing Still
Why delaying ERP modernization is riskier than you think.
August 27, 2026
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$3 Million in Welding Scholarships Open for Applications
Click here to apply.
December 16, 2025
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Fastenal Announces Partnership with National FFA
The agreement includes an expanded presence at the nonprofit’s annual convention.
December 8, 2025
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Motion Announces ‘Learning & Development Center’ Courses
The MRO giant offers classes both online and at its “Learning Centers.”
November 12, 2025
A job seeker waits to talk to a recruiter at a job fair, Aug. 28, 2025, in Sunrise, Fla.
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'No Hire' Job Market Leaves Unemployed in Limbo as Threats to Economy Multiply
Those out of work face the slowest pace of hiring in more than a decade.
November 10, 2025
This undated combination of photos shows clockwise from top left the company logos for Amazon, Target, Lufthansa Group, UPS, ConocoPhillips, Intel, Microsoft, Procter & Gamble and Nestle.
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Layoffs Are Piling Up, Raising Worker Anxiety
Some analysts say that businesses are at a “no-hire, no fire” standstill.
October 29, 2025
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Ex-Amazon Driver Sues Civil Rights Agency for Dropping Her Case
The lawsuit accused the agency of unlawfully abandoning her case after an executive order from President Trump.
October 24, 2025
Maintenance workers Enaytullah Hafizi, left, originally from Afghanistan, Eric Frimpong, center, originally from Ghana, and Melvin Palmer, right, originally from Sierra Leone, fix an overhead light at Goodwin House Alexandria, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, in Alexandria, Va.
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Immigration Crackdown Weighs Heavily on U.S. Labor Market
And it's happening at a time when hiring is already deteriorating.
October 20, 2025
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Graybar Makes 'Most Loved' Workplace List
The only distributor on the list, Graybar has been named four years running.
October 16, 2025
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Powertrain Solutions for a Workforce in Transition: Adapting to the Loss of Skilled Labor
Companies are challenged to maintain uptime and efficiency as personnel retire or move on.
October 3, 2025
A poster showing the Trump Gold Card is seen as President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Sept. 19, 2025, in Washington.
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More Americans Think Companies Benefit from Legal Immigration, Poll Finds
Americans are now less likely to say the number of legal immigrants to the U.S. should be reduced.
September 23, 2025
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Billions Are Flowing into U.S. Manufacturing — but Where Are the Workers?
How can all this new capacity succeed if the workers needed to run it are missing?
September 3, 2025
Migrant farmworkers pick a vegetable crop on an early morning in Fresno, Calif., on July 18, 2025.
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1.2 Million Immigrants Are Gone from the U.S. Labor Force Under Trump, Preliminary Data Shows
The figure includes those who reside across the country both legally and illegally.
September 2, 2025
Construction workers frame up a roof of wood lumber at a new home build, April 1, 2025, in Laveen, Ariz.
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Labor Department Proposes More than 60 Rule Changes
The proposal, in part, targets lighting requirements at construction sites and protections for migrant farm workers.
July 22, 2025
The Missouri Capitol in Jefferson City, June 30, 2025.
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Missouri Governor Repeals Paid Sick Leave Law Approved Last Year by Voters
But Missouri voters could get a second chance.
July 11, 2025