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Accuride wants to speed up closing of Elkhart's Gunite plant
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana's manufacturing industry has seen its recovery stall, and experts predict things will get worse as many of the state's largest companies feel the effects the European financial crisis and slowing growth in China. The U....
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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: Health Insurance Cost, United Steelworkers, Career and Workplace, Employees
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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: Health Insurance Cost, United Steelworkers, Career and Workplace, Employees
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Cat to pay less for Chinese firm mired in accounting woes
ReutersCaterpillar Inc. has reached a deal with Mining Machinery Ltd., reducing the price it will pay to buy mining equipment firm ERA and its Siwei unit. As part of the deal announced on Thursday, Caterpillar's outstanding payment obligations to Mining...Tags: Machine Manufacturing, China, Metal and Mineral, Manufacturing and Engineering, Mining
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Nappier Joins Investor Pressure On Caterpillar Over Sudan Ties
State Treasurer Denise L. Nappier is ramping up her shareholder activism, joining critics of Caterpillar Inc. who are pushing the mining and construction equipment giant to exit Sudan. Using the power of the state's $26 billion retirement fund, Nappier...Tags: Justice and Rights, Hate Crimes, Crime, Law and Justice, Civil Rights, Politics
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Mexican official pitches business in Chicago
Although news about Mexico is focused on immigration reform and border security, the country remains a leading trade partner for the U.S. and an increasingly important one for Illinois. During a visit to Chicago this week, the secretary for economic...Tags: Automotive Equipment, Water, Barack Obama, Mexico, Navistar International Corporation
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Caterpillar to lay off 300 employees by July
Earth-moving equipment maker Caterpillar Inc. said Friday will lay off an additional 300 employees in Decatur, Ill., by July. Peoria-based Caterpillar said in April that it planned to cut roughly 500 workers at that facility. Together, the 800 layoffs...
Tags: China, Metal and Mineral, Unemployment, Layoffs and Downsizing, Mining
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Talks break off between Caterpillar, union in S. Milwaukee
Tribune reporterContract negotiations between Caterpillar Inc. and United Steelworkers Local 1343 broke down on Wednesday, according to union officials. Ross Winklbauer, a Steelworkers subdistrict director for southeastern Wisconsin, said Caterpillar turned down the...Tags: Health Insurance Cost, Unions, United Steelworkers, Career and Workplace, Employees
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Dow closes above 15,000 for first time
Tribune reportThe Dow Jones industrial average closed above 15,000 for the first time Tuesday, hitting a new all-time high on strong economic news overseas. The average finished at 15,056.20, up about 87 points or 0.6 percent. The Dow first climbed above the...Tags: McDonald's
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Work continues in Wisconsin Caterpillar plant after contract rejected
Tribune reporterUnited Steelworkers Local 1343 on Tuesday overwhelmingly rejected a proposed six-year contract with Caterpillar Inc. that would have frozen wages, increased contributions to health care costs and offered senior union employees fewer protections....Tags: Health Insurance Cost, Metal and Mineral, 401K, Bucyrus International Inc., Mining
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Caterpillar workers to resume talks next week
Tribune reporterCaterpillar Inc. and the United Steelworkers Local 1343 are set to return to the negotiating table May 8, the Peoria-based company said in a statement. Production workers at the company's plant in South Milwaukee on Tuesday a rejected a proposed six-year...Tags: Health Insurance Cost, United Steelworkers, Career and Workplace, Employees
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Wisconsin workers reject proposed Caterpillar contract
— United Steelworkers Local 1343 on Tuesday overwhelmingly rejected a proposed six-year contract with Caterpillar Inc. that would have frozen wages, increased contributions to health care costs and offered senior union employees fewer protections....
Tags: Health Insurance Cost, Metal and Mineral, 401K, Bucyrus International Inc., Mining
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