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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: Companies and Corporations, Career and Workplace, Elections, Unions, Plant Closings
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Cequent closer to leaving Goshen for Mexico
GOSHEN – Hundreds of jobs may be a step closer to leaving Elkhart County. A federal judge on Wednesday ruled Cequent Towing can continue to move equipment out of its Goshen plant as it prepares to move the work to Mexico. The United Steelworkers...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Judges, Unions, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System
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Battle over Cequent jobs heading to arbitration
GOSHEN – There’s new information on the battle to keep Cequent Towing in Goshen. The company wants to close the plant and move its jobs to Mexico. The United Steelworkers Union took the company to court, saying members felt they were...
Tags: Judges, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Arbitration
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Right-to-work law gives Michigan unions new task
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Now that Michigan has become a right-to-work state, unions in this stronghold of organized labor confront a new and urgent problem: convincing members to continue paying for their services instead of taking them for free....
Tags: Career and Workplace, Wage Contract Issues, Unions, Automotive Equipment, General Motors Corp.
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Caterpillar says competitiveness depends on multi-tier pay system
In ratifying a six-year contract with Caterpillar Inc. on Tuesday, workers in South Milwaukee, Wis., opened the door to a multiple system of wages that is key to the global company's flexible workforce. Ross Winklbauer, a United Steelworkers...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Employment, Mining, Unions, Wage Contract Issues
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Caterpillar to lay off third of S. Milwaukee workers
Tribune reporterCaterpillar Inc. on Friday said that it will lay off about a third of the workers in its South Milwaukee plant in 10 days because of lower demand for the mining equipment the Peoria-based heavy equipment manufacturer makes there. The move will affect...Tags: Career and Workplace, Mining, Wage Contract Issues, Bucyrus International Inc., Collective Contract
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Caterpillar workers in South Milwaukee ratify contract
Chicago Tribune reporterCaterpillar workers in South Milwaukee, Wis., on Tuesday ratified a contract they said it was slightly better than the one the earth-moving equipment maker offered in late April. “With negotiations behind us, our union can remain focused on...Tags: Career and Workplace, Bucyrus International Inc., Wage Contract Issues, Collective Contract, Employees
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Workers at Caterpillar plant in S. Milwaukee set to vote on new pact
Tribune reporterCaterpillar workers in South Milwaukee are set to vote Tuesday on a new contract proposal that's "slightly better" than the one the earth-moving equipment maker offered in late April. Peoria-based Caterpillar sweetened the six-year deal by offering an...Tags: Career and Workplace, Bucyrus International Inc., Wage Contract Issues, Collective Contract, Employees
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A year after bankruptcy, lives unsettled still
The closing of the steel mill at Sparrows Point overwhelmed Bob Jennings. Too young to retire at 59, he faced a gloomy job market for local manufacturing workers and a bureaucracy that couldn't get him timely training help. He felt like a failure. No,...
Tags: Community College of Baltimore County, Unions, Baltimore County, Labor Markets, Plant Openings
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Caterpillar, union reach 6-year deal at S. Milwaukee plant
Tribune reporterCaterpillar Inc. and the United Steelworkers in South Milwaukee have reached a tentative six-year agreement, the Peoria-based earth moving equipment maker said in a statement Thursday. The union has scheduled a ratification vote June 11. The...Tags: Career and Workplace, Unions, Bucyrus International Inc., Caterpillar Inc., Health Insurance Cost
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Caterpillar and union to continue negotiations next week
Tribune reporterContract negotiations between Caterpillar Inc. and workers in South Milwaukee are scheduled to continue next week, according to union officials. The Peoria-based earth moving equipment maker met with officials of the United Steelworkers union on Thursday...Tags: Career and Workplace, Employees, Caterpillar Inc., Health Insurance Cost
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Caterpillar, Milwaukee union to resume negotiations
Tribune staff reporterCaterpillar Inc. and the United Steelworkers Local 1343 in Milwaukee are set to return to the negotiating table on Thursday, the Peoria-based company said in a statement. ?Negotiations had stalled on May 8. Production workers at the company’s...Tags: Career and Workplace, Employees, Caterpillar Inc., Health Insurance Cost
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May 21, 2013
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