American Airlines is expected to announce the closure of its overhaul base in Kansas City sometime on Wednesday morning. The facility employs 500 people, 450 of whom are unionized. No official announcement has been made yet by either the company or the union, because the company wants to address the work force [...]
Continue reading...Monday, August 17, 2009
Automotive manufacturer New Flyer Industries will cut 13% of its workforce in the US and Canada, and shut down some plants. The bus maker will cut its unionized workforce by 270 positions, and its salaried workforce by 50 positions. The firm says an order for 140 diesel-electric hybrid articulated buses was delayed indefinitely by the customer. New [...]
Continue reading...Monday, August 10, 2009
Terex Corporation has announced it will move production from its plant in Cedar Rapids, Iowa to other Terex locations in North America, affecting 170 production workers. About 50 engineering, sales and service jobs will remain in Cedar Rapids. The firm will honor the contracts of its union workers. Non-union employees will get severance pay and outplacement assistance. The [...]
Continue reading...Monday, August 10, 2009
Toronto, Canada’s Array Retail Solutions is shutting down its operations in Decatur and Chattanooga, Tennessee, laying off 145 people. The Chattanooga workers are represented by the United Steelworkers. There was no collective bargaining agreement at the Decatur plant. Array Retail Solutions manufactures in-store marketing displays. Share This Story:
Continue reading...Friday, July 31, 2009
Caterpillar is laying off 75 employees at its Mapleton, Illinois foundry. The company is considering shutting the plant for two months if orders don’t pick up. The layoffs were announced by the United Auto Workers Local 974. The plant will employ 525 people after the layoffs. Founded in 1925, Caterpillar is a corporation headquartered in Peoria, Illinois. [...]
Continue reading...Friday, July 31, 2009
Medical insurance concessions by the Oregon City, Ohio Federation of Teachers will allow the school district to rehire seven teachers. Increasing union members’ contributions to their medical plan will save the Oregon City School District $375,000. Established in 1850, Oregon Public Schools is a school district in Northwest Ohio. The school district serves students who live in [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, July 28, 2009
A General Electric plant in Bloomington, Indiana will not close down as feared. But some of the plant’s 680 employees will lose their jobs. Federal tax credits will keep the facility open, to manufacture energy-efficient refrigerators. The plant will stay open at least into 2010. The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers local 2249, which represents the employees, is [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, July 25, 2009
Union reps are asking Springfield, Illinois aldermen, who have already voted to save police and fire jobs, to consider sparing 10 library employees from layoffs. According to the current budget, nine union employees and one non-union library worker will be laid off in August. The city has told nine union employees and one non-union library worker that [...]
Continue reading...Friday, July 24, 2009
Memphis, Tennessee’s The Commercial Appeal newspaper may move its printing operations to Journal Publishing in Tupelo, Mississippi, eliminating up to 115 jobs. The printers’ and mailers’ unions and the Memphis Newspaper Guild oppose the move, doubting that money would be saved. The Commercial Appeal is the predominant daily newspaper of Memphis, Tennessee and its surrounding metropolitan area. [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, July 14, 2009
The Los Angeles Unified School District is working on a deal with the United Teachers Los Angeles union, that may reverse some recent teacher layoffs. Teachers would take a hit in compensation, and an undisclosed percentage of the 2,000 teachers laid off this month would get their jobs back. The deal also hinges on $65 million in [...]
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