When The Terminator was released in 1984, the potential – and far-fetched – hazards of robotics and artificial intelligence was brought to the silver screen and to the minds of a new, increasingly tech-savvy generation. But as 2015 draws to a close, people now hold conversations with their smartphones and depend on robotics more thanRead more
Governor Jay Nixon stopped off in Troy, Missouri to talk jobs Wednesday. Highlighting the continued growth and impact of the auto industry in Missouri, the governor toured Toyota Bodine’s enhanced aluminum plant, which has hired nearly 110 workers over the past eight months. “Toyota Bodine’s expansion here in Troy is a prime example of theRead more
U.S. Department of Labor Secretary Thomas Perez was in San Antonio this week to see the progress of a partnership between the Alamo Colleges and Toyota Motor Manufacturing. St. Philip’s College houses the Toyota Advanced Manufacturing Technician Program. Students who are accepted into the program get jobs with Toyota while in school. 19-year-old Sarah Escobar,Read more
FAME is a collaborative group of manufacturers and other employers of technical workers whose purpose is to implement dual-track, work/study education that will create a pipeline of the most highly skilled new workers in the world.
