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NAM President and CEO Jay Timmons delivered his 2021 State of Manufacturing Address today, focusing on key priorities for manufacturers as we emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic. Marlin Steel Wire Products, a Baltimore-based wire and sheet metal fabricator, hosted the event at its facility.
How manufacturers adapted: Timmons lauded the ways in which manufacturers adapted to the constraints of the pandemic by using tools like augmented reality and virtual reality, which allowed them to remain productive even while workers had to remain distant from one another. He also highlighted individual examples of manufacturers who embraced innovation to respond to COVID-19.
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST:
When former Boston Mayor Marty Walsh was confirmed as labor secretary last month, he became the first person in decades to come to that job from a union background. Now he is one of the Biden administration s leading pitchmen for the $1.9 trillion infrastructure package that the White House is trying to push through Congress.
Labor Secretary Walsh, welcome to ALL THINGS CONSIDERED.
MARTY WALSH: Thanks for having me today.
SHAPIRO: It s not obvious why the secretary of labor would be one of the key people pitching an infrastructure plan. What is the overlap between your role and this bill?
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When the coronavirus pandemic hit last year, big parts of the U.S. economy just turned off. Voluntary social distancing and lockdowns, like those during the first wave in March, were necessary to help flatten the curve of COVID-19 s spread throughout the country, but these lockdowns had ripple effects on the economy.
Millions suddenly lost their jobs, pushing unemployment to historic highs. When travel ground to a halt, hotel occupancy plummeted and so did profits, which dropped 84.6% in 2020 from a year earlier. In New Jersey, that meant hotel owner Bhavesh Patel had to furlough employees to make ends meet.