US*MADE sounds alarm on U.S. patent proposal
US*MADE Joint Trades Letter Addresses Questions from Senate Judiciary IP Subcommittee Hearing on USPTO Oversight
August 14, 2023
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US*MADE Joint Trades Letter Addresses Questions from Senate Judiciary IP Subcommittee Hearing on USPTO Oversight
(The Center Square) – Legislation significantly increasing regulations on Illinois businesses who use temporary workers, including mandating pay rates, is now law. Business groups say the law will have negative consequences.
On August 4, 2023, Governor Pritzker signed into law extensive amendments to The Day and Temporary Labor Services Act (Act). They were immediately effective, but the Illinois Department of Labor (Department) has not yet promulgated any guidance or instructions.
No matter how you look at it, China stocks are a money loser for investors these days. How bad is it? Below are some charts showing the performance of Shanghai, Shenzhen, Hong Kong, and U.S. listed shares of Chinese companies compared to U.S. rivals, and benchmark indexes like the S&P 500.
Producing is the way America’s forefathers saw as the most efficient way to produce a healthy national economy, and unless America moves back into producing more than it takes in from other countries, the US economy will continue to struggle.
At the beginning of 2023, Illinois increased the state minimum wage to $13.00 per hour. The City of Chicago’s minimum wage already exceeded the state minimum wage, and on July 1, 2023, the City further increased its minimum wage.
SCHAUMBURG – State lawmakers are urging TMA members to invite them to tour their businesses, and TMA members are obliging.
“Invite your state lawmakers to visit your companies,” said State Rep. Dan Ugaste of Geneva, IL, during TMA’s Legislator Connect virtual briefing in mid-March.
LEMONT, IL – Here’s a special photo collection of golf teams that had a great time June 22, 2023 at TMA’s 2023 Ruffled Feathers Golf
LEMONT, IL – Members of the Schaumburg-based Technology & Manufacturing Association met up at the Ruffled Feathers Golf Course in Lemont, Illinois June 22, 2023
SCHAUMBURG – The Technology & Manufacturing Association once again hosted a Precision Machining Competition to area high schools for the purpose of encouraging high school students to learn about and consider careers in manufacturing, specifically precision machining.
Nineteen instructors from 18 different Chicago area high schools encouraged their students to develop their machining skills as they completed challenging precision machining projects. After completion, the students’ machining projects were judged by skilled craftsmen in the industry.
