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Tough laws, reduced ranks: What's next for unions?
From a sprawling United Auto Workers hall outside Detroit, John Zimmick has seen factories close and grown men cry when their jobs disappear. Through all the economic uncertainties of life in auto country, there has been one constant: the union. In...
Tags: Cornell University, Health Insurance Cost, Politics, Laws, Scott Walker
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San Onofre design choices led to nuclear plant shutdown
An executive with the company that manufactured faulty equipment that led to the shutdown of the San Onofre nuclear plant defended decisions made in the design of the replacement steam generators. The company made choices in designing support structures...
Tags: Defense Equipment, Layoffs and Downsizing, Manufacturing and Engineering, Nuclear Power, Physiology
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Dairy Farmers of America blames milk deficit for Monett plant closure
lrussell@ky3.comMONETT, Mo. -- Workers at the Dairy Farmers of America plant in Monett will soon be looking for new jobs. Eighty-six employees were notified by a letter on Wednesday that the DFA plant will be shutting down in the second half of 2013. It's not the news...Tags: Layoffs and Downsizing, Companies and Corporations, Business Enterprises, Beverage Industry, Economy, Business and Finance
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Feedlots, meatpackers closing with fewer U.S. cows
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - Years of drought are reshaping the U.S. beef industry with feedlots and a major meatpacking plant closing because there are too few cattle left in the United States to support them. Some feedlots in the nation's major cattle-...Tags: Natural Disasters, Droughts
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UPDATE: Cequent workers accept plant closure agreement
GOSHEN -- It's hard to vote against a sure thing. United Steelworkers Local 9550, which represents about 350 members at Cequent Performance Products, voted Friday evening to accept the closure agreement offered by the company. The vote was held at...
Tags: Unions, Arbitration, Politics, Mexico, United Steelworkers
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Residents speak up on San Onofre
Money and power were on the agenda Thursday afternoon, as dozens of area residents weighed in at a California Public Utilities Commission hearing in Costa Mesa on whether to reopen two troubled units at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, and to...
Tags: Southern California Edison Company, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Business, Nuclear Power, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Limited
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Flooding relief: Ethanol plant pump turned on
There is some temporary flooding relief this morning for people who live near the former New Energy Ethanol Plant. The city of South Bend has turned on one of the pumps at the plant after reaching a deal with the previous owners. Since the plant...Tags: Environmental Issues, Auction Service, Ethanol, Renewable Energy, Biofuels
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Flooded homeowners asking for mayor's help
SOUTH BEND – Monday night, South Bend homeowners dealing with flooding issues because of a plant closing will take a new approach to try and get help from the city. They plan on attending the Common Council meeting to ask Mayor Pete Buttigieg to...
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Economist: Beef market is volatile
WATERTOWN -- Economist Jim Robb says there are a "lot of moving parts" in the current beef market, and that a good corn crop and some drought relief could change things drastically. Robb is director of the Livestock Marketing Information Center in...Tags: Watertown, Natural Disasters, Droughts, Consumers
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Plymouth plant calls laid off employees back to work
PLYMOUTH – Whitley Products in Plymouth has called its employees who were laid off last week back to work. That’s according to a release from WorkOne, which says it is opening a job fair to the public that was originally planned for...
Tags: Employment Opportunities, Employment, Career and Workplace
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Aberdeen beef plant recruiting in Texas
The closing of a Cargill beef processing plant in Texas could provide Northern Beef Packers with a competitive edge, as well as access to more workers. Northern Beef has sent recruiters to Plainview, Texas, to interview laid-off workers for possible...Tags: South Dakota State University, Employees, Career and Workplace
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Former Whitley workers start their job search
WSBT-TVPLYMOUTH - It's been a week since 110 workers lost their jobs due to a plant closing in Marshall County. And now some of them are trying to get back to work. Whitley Products in Plymouth closed last Wednesday after 35 years, saying they didn't have...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Unemployment, Career and Workplace, Economy, Business and Finance
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