When the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), part of the U.S. Department of Labor, announced recently that commercial printing, screen printing and print support activities have become "too small or too concentrated to be tracked" in its Current Employment Statistics database, there was an uproar in parts of the industry. Michael Makin, President & CEO of Printing Industries of America, shot back with a missive expressing his disappointment, citing forecasts for print revenue growth, and noting PIA's multiple attempts to get BLS to revise its outdated definition of the printing industry.
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