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BUSINESS / NEWS Wed Apr 2, 2008 @ 8:16am neoform

CNN -- A two-day strike at a Vietnamese factory that makes Nike sneakers has ended, but the plant remained closed after workers returned and violence erupted, a union official said. About 17,000 of Ching Luh's 21,000 employees reported to work Wednesday morning.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Sat May 26, 2007 @ 10:23am neoform

Washington Post -- Dissident workers at the Toyota plant here gather at the Best Western Georgetown on Wednesdays between shifts to shape a battle plan. The workers are angry at conditions at this flagship Toyota site, where the best-selling Camry is built. The United Au.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Tue Apr 17, 2007 @ 3:52pm neoform

Washington Post -- More than 500 security guards at the nation's only nuclear weapons assembly plant walked off the job just after midnight yesterday to protest what they said is a steep deterioration in job and retirement security since the government changed fitness stand.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Thu May 8, 2008 @ 8:22am neoform

BusinessWeek -- Because of a weak dollar and ambitious sales goals, Audi and VW need to build different cars on common platforms in one U.S. plant Audi (NSUG) plans to sell 200,000 cars and sport-utility vehicles a year in the U.S., and is getting more serious about m.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Thu Nov 1, 2007 @ 8:18am neoform

MSNBC -- Chrysler LLC began laying off thousands of salaried workers Wednesday as part of an effort to slash costs in the company’s new era of private ownership, a spokesman said. The cuts won’t end there. On Thursday, Chrysler planned to announce the elimi.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Thu Nov 1, 2007 @ 8:14am neoform

CNN -- Timothy Hines remembers well November 1, 1982. It was the day he helped build his first car. The Honda worker recalls the pride and sense of accomplishment he felt as the gray sedan rolled off the production line at the brand-new plant in Marysville, Ohio.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Mon Oct 1, 2007 @ 8:12am neoform

MSNBC -- The tentative contract between General Motors Corp. and the United Auto Workers would allow GM to close a plant each in Michigan and Indiana and possibly shut down several other facilities, according to a detailed copy of the agreement. The moves are t.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Wed Mar 21, 2007 @ 11:23am neoform

Denver Post -- Danish wind-turbine company Vestas Wind Systems said Tuesday it will build a $60 million manufacturing plant in western Weld County. The 180,000-square-foot facility at the Great Western Industrial Park in Windsor, between Greeley and Fort Collins, wil.. Read More