Speaking of Precision Blog by Miles Free III

(originally posted on pmpaspeakingofprecision.com)

Can't count on Washington to get you back to work.
Despite the fact that there has been no significant "recovery" of employment under the current Administration and Congress, There is ...
Your Letter From OSHA Is In The Mail
If you have a high incidence and injury rate in your shop. 15,000 workplaces were sent the letter. Employers receiving ...
What else should be on your To Don't List?
Every one has a To Do List. Calibrate the gages, do the safety Audit, check the grinders , prepare for ...
You've Got Mail- OSHA Announces 19,000 Private Sector Firm Survey
File under "If you can't get something through the legislative process, just create a new rule." In yet another instance ...
Graduates of jobs training programs are being hired on the spot
It is easy for big city editors and academics to broadly dismiss the real issues that employers face as we ...
Year End To-Do List
Some ideas to be working on during the 'slow time' at the end of the year. 1) Audit your shop's ...
WTO- China Raw Material Exports Broke Trade Rules
Today the WTO upheld its decision finding that Chinese restrictions on key raw material exports broke trade rules. We have ...
WTO to Hear Chinese Tire Tariff Appeal
The World Trade Organization (WTO) established an expert panel January 19th to investigate and rule whether punitive U.S. tariffs on ...
WTO Rules Against China's Raw Materials Hoarding
The World Trade Organization ruled Tuesday that China was unfairly protecting its domestic manufacturers by limiting the export of nine ...
WTO Rules Against China in Tire Dispute
 News to China: Fair Trade means Trade Fair.  Our original post on this subject: Chinese tire dumping .  A ruling announced ...
WTO Convenes Panel On China's Rare Earth Metals Export Policies
At the request of the United States, the European Union and Japan, the Dispute Settlement Body established on 23 July ...
WTO  Upholds US Tire Tariffs in Chinese Appeal
Proof the system can work if the Administration has the will. The WTO Appellate Body on Monday ruled in Geneva ...
World Steel Production 2011- 1.5 Billion Tonnes
Crude steel production reported by the World Steel Association was 1,526.9 megatonnes in 2011, up 6.8% over 2010. This is ...
Workplace Fatality Infographic
eTraining Thanks to eTraining for the share. Note we take issue with the illusion of causality by the graph superimposing the fatality ...
Today's technologies require today's skills!
PMPA member  North Easton Machine Company Incorporated  is taking an active role in solving the skilled workforce issues it faces ...