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...Members of another union, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, on Wednesday voted to reject the tentative deal their leaders reached with the railroads....
...“My factory restarted operations [in] February and Yiwu’s international trade market [a major wholesale centre] has also reopened,” she says. “So far half of our workers and salesmen are back at work....
...As one sceptic conceded, laying off workers “is very sensitive, especially going into elections”....
...Every dollar spent in manufacturing adds $1.89 to local communities, according to the National Association for Manufacturers....
...(WSJ) Alcoa to sell excess energy in Brazil: Soaring power prices in Brazil have made it more profitable for Alcoa, the US aluminium maker, to cut local production of the metal and move into energy trading...
...The fund, the Sheet Metal Workers Local No. 33 Cleveland District Pension Plan, said it had entered into CDS deals with Citigroup....
...Workers in September voted in favour of industrial action in a dispute over a trade union representative....
...“The key decision makers are based in Riyadh or Singapore or America,” sighs Bob Bolam, the local Unite union representative for the industry, as he nurses a mug of tea in his office....
...(Financial Times) US pension fund sues big banks over CDS ‘dominance’: The class action antitrust suit filed by the Sheet Metal Workers Local No. 33 Cleveland District Pension Plan pension fund accuses...
...From China’s point of view, local production was revolutionised by association with the global companies. The Chinese partners grew large on the back of joint-venture production....
...Then in 1988, Zahner was asked to collaborate with Mr Gehry on an installation to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Sheet Metal Workers International Association....
...Drew Greenblatt has been looking for more than a year for three sheet-metal set-up operators to work day, night or weekend shifts....
...Higher metals prices helped the miners, with ENRC rallying 2.9 per cent to £11.66 and Randgold Resources up 2.5 per cent to £50.00....
...Outside the sheet-metal gates, security guards with shotguns eye passers-by and workers reporting for duty....
...Sumitomo Metal Industries jumped 11.6 per cent to Y212 following better-than-expected estimates for its full-year earnings....
...Mary Gates, Bill’s mother, was a prominent local philanthropist....
...With the Games held in Barcelona as recently as 1992, Madrid needed a flawless campaign to compete successfully against local rivals....
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