The latest Unions’ Rising Political Influence Shaping Campaign Strategy
As we approach the 2024 presidential election, labor unions are becoming an increasingly important factor in shaping the political landscape. Union membership may have declined from its peak of 35% in the 1950s to 11% today, but support for unions…
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US-based trucking company reshoring majority of its manufacturing
Writing for Industry Week magazine, Dan Burrows, CEO of Xtream Trucking, explains why he is reshoring a majority of its manufacturing back to the United States. Like many others, one big reason for their decision to re-shore is profitability. The…
Read MoreWhat will business look like when the COVID-19 crisis ends?
The entrepreneurial mindset means there is never returning back-to-normal. Our business will definitely change from pre-crisis to post-crisis. With any luck, we will be better than before. At the moment it seems we will go back to our original business…
Read MoreHow Unionwear stays competitive in a high labor cost environment
Even though the northern New Jersey area is one of the most expensive places in the world, and Unionwear has a well-compensated unionized workforce, we have managed to successfully stay in business since 1992. How? For starters, we embraced lean…
Read MoreWill some iPhones be made in America? Possibly, maybe, someday
Back in 2016, PocketNow, an online website focused on all-things portable tech, reported that Foxconn was considering opening factories in the USA. Thus far, the result has not panned out as our leaders wanted. A little background: Foxconn is an…
Read MoreUnion Made Logo Face Shields
On March 24, Unionwear made a rapid transition from accessories to manufacturing face shields and has made over half a million face shields for state governments in response to the pandemic. Our face shields are sturdier than most, using the…
Read MoreUnion Made Face Masks for Labor Day
Just in time for Labor Day and Election Day, Unionwear introduces a broad selection of face masks that are union made and union printed in USA with a removable union label. Choose between larger imprint areas or more contoured shapes…
Read MoreWhy Unionwear embraces unions
The company was purchased in 1992 with a fully-unionized workforce. Early on, and for largely idealistic reasons, we decided to keep the workforce unionized, because we believed that people should benefit from their hard work. We quickly figured out that…
Read MoreACG: Unionwear Draws on Manufacturers’ ‘Secret Power’
ACG New Jersey earlier this year named Unionwear a winner of its Corporate Growth Award. Mitch Cahn, CEO of Unionwear, recently spoke with ACG Global CEO Tom Bohn for a video on GrowthTV about how Unionwear won ACG New Jersey’s…
Read MoreHow does Unionwear compete with China? By changing the game
Many people ask, “Mitch, how does Unionwear — a unionized manufacturer in Newark, NJ compete with China? Your real estate and labor costs are among the highest in the world.” The fact is, Unionwear cannot compete with China on cost.…
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