National Association of Manufacturers (NAM): NAM is the powerful voice of the manufacturing community and the leading advocate for a policy agenda that helps manufacturers compete in the global economy and create jobs across the U.S. NAM is on the front lines of a wide range of policy battles — including immigration reform and labor relations, energy and the environment, and trade policy and taxes — working on behalf of manufacturers in America to advance policies that help manufacturers do what they do best: create economic strength and jobs.