Mar. 16--General Motors Corp., practically shut down by a fast-spreading 11-day strike at a pair of brake plants in Dayton, is facing at least five other walkouts at assembly and parts plants across the country. Mar. 16--General Motors Corp., practically shut down by a fast-spreading...
WASHINGTON--Feb. 7--United Parcel Service workers in Seattle joined other Teamsters today in a scattered nationwide walkout to protest a company decision to raise the weight limit on packages to 150 pounds. WASHINGTON--Feb. 7--United Parcel Service workers in Seattle joined other Teamsters today in a scattered nationwide...
Tyson Foods Inc. workers at Jefferson, Wis., on strike for nearly a year; have accepted a contract that will save their union and their jobs but includes many of the wage and benefit concessions that led to their walkout. The contract was approved 29 Tyson Foods...
SEATTLE -- Boeing Co. aircraft assembly workers have voted to strike for an unprecedented second time in three years. But their contract has been extended 48 hours at the request of Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire and a federal mediator. The vote late Wednesday was 87 percent in...
NORDIC BUSINESS REPORT-1 September 2008-Cloetta Fazer AB to close bakeries in Finland - reportC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com Finnish-Swedish confectionery group Cloetta Fazer AB (OMX Stockholm: CFA B) is reportedly considering closing its bakeries in Iisalmi, Jyvaskyla and Tampere in Finland. The closure would reportedly affect...
DALY CITY -- More than 700 health care workers at Seton Medical Center went on a 24-hour strike Thursday to jump-start contract negotiations. The group was part of a systemwide walkout that involved O'Connor Hospital in San Jose; Saint Louise Regional Hospital in Gilroy; Seton Coastside in...
KUALA LUMPUR AFP — Malaysia's opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim was sworn in to parliament Thursday, only to stage a dramatic walkout hours later in a row over controversial DNA sampling legislation. Anwar won a seat in parliament by a landslide in a by-election this week in his home...
San Mateo County sheriff's deputies arrested a 14-year-old boy Tuesday who had left without permission a residential treatment facility in unincorporated San Mateo County on Monday morning. The 14-year-old had escaped along with a 15-year-old boy who was captured and arrested about 20 minutes after he left...
As the first day of school approaches for most Philadelphia-area school districts, 18, including Philadelphia, have unsettled teachers' contracts, with the possibility of a strike looming in Montgomery County's Souderton Area School District. The list includes seven Pennsylvania districts and 11 from South Jersey. Six districts in the Pennsylvania suburbs...
As the first day of school approaches for most Philadelphia-area school districts, 11 South Jersey teachers' contracts still have not been settled. In Pennsylvania, Philadelphia and six suburban districts don't have contracts, with the possibility of a strike looming in Montgomery County's Souderton Area School District. All New Jersey public...
ACTOR Pierce Brosnan has admitted growing up without a dad inspired him to shower his own sons with love. The Mamma Mia! star - who has two boys Dylan Thomas, 11, and Paris Beckett, seven, with wife Keely Shaye Smith - said his upbringing was the...
BANK HOLIDAY rail travellers and motorists were warned they face major disruption and delays this weekend as engineering work resumes on the west coast main line while heavy traffic is expected on the roads. There will also be the threat of delays at Stansted Airport on Monday...
Home News IN BRIEF *Thirty baggage-handlers at Stansted Airport will strike in support of a pay claim on bank holiday Monday, it was confirmed last night. However, a threatened walkout by other staff at Stansted, as well as those at Gatwick and Manchester airports, was called...
Home News IN BRIEF *Talks continued last night in a late attempt to avert a planned series of airport strikes over the bank holiday weekend. Cabin staff and baggage handlers are due to take part in 24-hour walk-outs at Gatwick, Stansted and Manchester airports. Officials from...
A 72-HOUR strike which would have seriously disrupted services on the London Underground was called off last night after an improved pay offer was made by management. About 1,000 members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union were due to walk out from noon today in a...
Up to 1.3 million people may have their holidays disrupted by strike action at two of Britain's busiest airports next weekend. Baggage handlers and check-in staff at Gatwick and Stansted are to stage two 24-hour strikes, including one on Bank Holiday Monday, in a dispute over pay....
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. -- The Clorox Co., targeted by activists for emitting pollution, has a new partner: the Sierra Club. The environmental group, better known for suing corporations than forging alliances with them, has agreed to promote a new line of eco- friendly Clorox products in exchange...
BERLIN AFP — Lufthansa, the biggest German airline, said Tuesday it had cancelled 70 flights on the second day of an open-ended strike by the Verdi trade union for higher wages. Service was cancelled to domestic and European destinations, a spokesman said, but represented just "three percent of...
BERLIN AFP — Workers at German national airline Lufthansa began an indefinite strike Monday at the height of the holiday season to press for higher pay, in the latest walkout to hit Europe's biggest economy. About 5,000 maintenance, freight and catering staff stopped work from midnight (2200 GMT...
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