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November 17, 2008
Tenaris Workers Join Global
Unity Accord – District 6
Mr Ken Neumann national director
of United Steelworkers said that
a new unity accord among unions
representing Tenaris SA
employees worldwide is a bold
step that the global
manufacturer of seamless and
welded steel products should
respect in all its dealings with
workers. The accord, signed in
Calgary by unions representing
Tenaris workers in Canada,
Argentina, Italy, Romania and
Brazil, commits the unions to
work cooperatively and
strategically as global
partners, to build the
bargaining power of workers and
well …
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Johnstown
Pension Fight Near Closure
– District 10
They called it the "sweet spot" -- the time when costs for shuttering
FreightCar
America's plant in Johnstown and laying off 450
employees would be the lowest. If company officials closed up shop by
year-end 2007, the payout would be $7.8 million. But if FCA waited until the
end of 2008, that cost would skyrocket to more than $19 million because a
large number of employees were due to vest in generous pensions that year.
So the company made its move in the spring of 2007. Layoffs were announced,
and the publicly traded company, which last …
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Georgetown
Workers Set To Return To Steel Mill
– District 9
Meeting to be held Thursday for those who remain laid off
Fifty ArcelorMittal employees in
Georgetown will be back to work early this week
after spending nearly a month being laid off, said James Sanderson, head of
Steelworkers Union Local 7898. That leaves around 50 of the more than 175
who were originally laid off still without a job. Sanderson said Sunday
night, however, that those who received the registered letters in the mail
about regaining their employment at the steel mill couldn't have been
happier. "They are extremely excited and extremely proud to be returning
back to what they know …
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How Will U.S.
Political Shift Affect Bama? – District 9
How will Democratic control of Washington, D.C., ripple through the economy?
Expectations include middle-class tax breaks, corporate tax hikes, rising
union influence, limits on trade, new health care initiatives and a shift
away from oil and gas toward renewable energy. And just what might that mean
for
Alabama? It depends on whom you ask. Joe
Hollingsworth Jr. is the chief executive of The Hollingsworth Cos., a
Tennessee firm that develops industrial parks across the South. He is the
author of "The Southern Advantage," which touted …
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