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Once vital cogs in the manufacturing sector, small tool and die shops such as Interstate Tool & Die, owned by Karl Kirsch, left, and his son, Christopher, are becoming symbols of a rapidly vanishing era.
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Sunday, July 11
Tooling craft rapidly vanishes
MADISON HEIGHTS -- Interstate Tool & Die looks like so many of the low-slung cinder block toolmaking shops clustered around 13 Mile and Stephenson Highway in this aging suburb. 07/11/04
Monday, June 20
As best auto jobs fade, careers, lives disrupted
The path to profits for Detroit's Big Three automakers has taken a huge toll on jobs in Michigan. 06/20/04
High-tech work boosts auto firms
DETROIT -- While Detroit automakers refocus on their core business and slim down with fewer employees, the industry is still creating new jobs in a number of high-tech fields. 06/20/04
New engineers face tough job road
ROMEO -- The long-depressed job market for engineers is expected to rebound along with the economy, but the paychecks might not be as hefty and there may not be enough skilled workers in Michigan to meet the demand. 06/20/04
Metro Detroit voices
"I'm definitely optimistic. The auto industry is advancing so rapidly. New technology is coming in and there is new stuff to learn. Anyone who masters developing technology will have a decided edge in the job market." 06/20/04
Monday, May 10
Service job outlook spurs Michigan optimism
Workers seeking $50,000-plus jobs in Michigan these days should aim somewhere between the factory floor and the white-collar office suite, forecasters say. 05/10/04
Detroit man builds career as a carpenter
As a child, Anthony Lee used the wood scraps from his grandfather's workshop to make model airplanes. Now, at age 29, he is retooling his skills for a career as a carpenter. 05/10/04
Auto technician finds her niche in Novi as the industry evolves
Running an automotive service shop sometimes means getting your hands dirty. And Mary Beth Widak loves it. 05/10/04
U-M grad enjoys job as dental hygienist in fast-growing field
A laboratory fellowship seemed like a dream for Lynda Nunez, a University of Michigan graduate with a biology degree. Then she stepped in the door. 05/10/04
Sunday, May 9
Michigan has tools to fix economy
HOWELL -- Michigan is poised for a modest rebound in manufacturing jobs, offering new hope that a formula can be found for a prosperous economic future despite the domestic auto industry's long decline. 05/09/04
Pt. 2: Global competition grows
Metaldyne is a model of the future for the supplier segment, according to experts. The company has 7,250 employees at 50 plants in a dozen countries around the globe. 05/09/04
Granholm details jobs plan
Michigan's economy could soon begin to expand again, but continues to have serious long-term problems. In an interview, Gov. Jennifer Granholm gave her assessment of the situation and the steps Michigan can take: 05/09/04
March 19, 2004
Michigan firms cut overtime
Metro Detroit companies are taking the cost-cutting knife to overtime, sharply reducing the lucrative benefit that for years has helped workers pay for boats, vacations and college tuitions. 03/18/04
March 11, 2004
Vanishing jobs stall MI rebound
Michigan companies dropped another 14,000 workers from their payrolls in January, dampening news that the state's unemployment rate fell to its lowest level in about a year. 03/11/04
Recovery minus jobs could be norm
WASHINGTON -- For months, economists have been reassuring Americans that the employment market drought will soon end. 03/11/04
Bush offers his jobs remedy
CLEVELAND -- As President Bush pushed his economic policies for the first time in Ohio, some economists are saying that more economic activity won't necessarily translate into more jobs in what is shaping up to be a new economy. 03/11/04
Bush tries to blunt criticism on jobs
CLEVELAND -- President Bush, in a state hit by huge job losses, tried to deflect Democrats' attacks on his economic policies Wednesday by portraying John Kerry as an advocate of higher taxes and trade barriers that are "the enemy of job creation." 03/11/04
Kerry tax promise courts middle class
WASHINGTON -- Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry on Wednesday called for deeper tax cuts for the middle class than proposed by President Bush. 03/11/04
Women engineers steer clear of Big 3
Third-year Wayne State University engineering student Mary Savalle isn't sure what type of job she'll pursue after she completes her master's degree, but the auto industry won't be at the top of her list. 03/11/04
Manufacturing czar is ex-GM worker
WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration is expected to nominate a former General Motors Corp. employee to be its manufacturing czar, a position the president said he'd create to elevate the importance of preserving the ailing factory sector. 03/11/04
March 7, 2004
State's gloom lingers despite U.S. recovery
CANTON -- There are two economies Loren Epler wrestles with daily at Dynamic Metal Treating. 03/07/04
Job loss lets mom spend time with kids
ROMULUS -- It took a recession to make Tracy Eddings happy. 03/07/04
Wedding couples say no to frills
UTICA -- Laura Brown has her own 80-proof measure of consumer confidence. 03/07/04
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About this series
The Detroit News' continuing series on Michigan's economy will examine the impact on jobs of changes roiling Michigan.
Previous installments:
 Taxes key to Michigan job rebound
Lower pay, lost benefits slam ex-factory workers
Tooling craft rapidly vanishes
As best auto jobs fade, careers, lives disrupted
Service job outlook spurs Michigan optimism
Michigan has tools to fix economy
Michigan firms cut overtime
Vanishing jobs stall Michigan rebound
State's gloom lingers despite U.S. recovery
Hopes dashed, lives rebuilt when jobs die
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