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Welcome
Since 1909, PMA has served Pennsylvania workers and employers by defending free enterprise and fighting to improve the competitiveness of Pennsylvania’s business climate.
NOT affiliated with the PMA Insurance Group
Facts about Pennsylvania Manufacturing:
Manufacturing is the engine that drives our economy.
The manufacturing sector is the largest contributor to Pennsylvania’s economy, generating
13.6 percent
of Gross State Product and directly adding
over $75 billion
in value every year.
Nearly 575,000 Pennsylvanians
are directly employed in manufacturing. Pennsylvania manufacturers sell almost
$21 billion worth of goods overseas
, representing 92 percent of all Pennsylvania exports.
Latest Postings
LISTEN: Latest edition of Lincoln Radio Journal "Capitolwatch"
January 26, Indiana poised to become Right-to-Work state
January 25, Turzai forgoes congressional run
January 25, Work time spent on politics, DeWeese aides say
January 24, PMA's Taylor on Obama State of the Union
January 24, AP: Obama pushes plans that failed before
January 20, State House leader Turzai will run for U.S. House
January 20, Philly courts begin reforming lousy reputation
January 19, Obama pipeline snub sends Canadian oil to China
January 19, Factchecking Obama's "green jobs" claims
January 19, State Rep. Scott Perry to join race for U.S. House
January 18, Frothing frackaphobes fermenting fear over beer
January 17, VIDEO: NAM's Jay Timmons on U.S. competitiveness
January 17, Union policies help keep city of Harrisburg in debt
January 9, EPA fines companies for not using biofuel that doesn't exist
January 9, Obama makes "recess appointment" during session
January 9, Canadian government: we should sell oil elsewhere
December 20, Court OKs Obama's rules change favoring unionization
December 20, Wall Street Journal: The EPA's fracking scare
December 15, Larry Kudlow: Keystone XL blue-collar blues
December 13, U.S. homes in on Chinese spying
December 13, Financial Times: Skills gap hobbles U.S. employers
December 12, Marcellus Shale natural gas boom alters PA's economy
December 12, Bayer wants PA Supremes to rein in Philly court
December 12, Irony alert: Union election requires ID
December 6, EPA is jeopardizing the reliability of U.S. power supply
December 5, Obama's road to re-election runs through Pennsylvania
WHAT'S HOT UNDER THE CAPITOL DOME?
Current Opinion
Obama's revealing pipeline decision
PA ranks in bottom five states in Big Labor vs. Taxpayers Idex
Obama and the regulators
A Value-Added Tax Fuels Big Government
How NOT to grow an economy
Wasted Stimulus
Environmentalist scaremongering exposed
The wind-energy myth