Cracks showing in Atlantic City union solidarity, Trump Plaza dealers petition to scrap unionSeptember 17th, 2009 Trump Plaza dealers seek to scrap unionATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Two and a half years and more than a million dollars later, the United Auto Workers has little to show for its costly effort to unionize dealers at Atlantic City's casinos.
Union dealers to protest on Las Vegas Strip over contract talks with Caesars PalaceSeptember 17th, 2009 Caesars Palace dealers to protest on Vegas StripLAS VEGAS — Dealers negotiating a union contract with the Caesars Palace hotel-casino for almost two years are planning to protest outside the Las Vegas Strip resort. Transport Workers Union officials say the Thursday demonstration outside the flagship Harrah's Entertainment property will highlight lack of progress on a deal.
San Francisco Bay area commuter rail union voting on contract after deal averted strikeAugust 25th, 2009 SF Bay area rail union voting on contractSAN FRANCISCO — Members of a commuter rail union in the San Francisco Bay area are voting on a new contract aimed at averting a strike. Union president Jesse Hunt says he's confident the Bay Area Rapid Transit agency's train operators and station agents will ratify the agreement.
San Francisco-area rail system talking, hoping to avert Monday strikeAugust 16th, 2009 Negotiations on between SF rail union, managementOAKLAND, Calif. — Talks aimed at averting a commuter rail strike in the San Francisco Bay Area are ongoing, with negotiators intent on hammering out a deal before Monday's commute.
Union, management of San Francisco-area rail system to meet in hopes of averting Monday strikeAugust 15th, 2009 SF rail union, management to resume negotiationsOAKLAND, Calif. — The San Francisco Bay area's commuter rail system and the union representing its station agents and train operators are resuming negotiations to try to avert a strike Monday.
BART union plans to strike Sunday, potentially crippling San Francisco Bay-area commuteAugust 14th, 2009 Bay area's commuter rail system union plans strikeOAKLAND, Calif. — The union representing train operators and station agents for the San Francisco Bay area's commuter rail system says it's planning go on strike at the close of business Sunday.
Canada's national passenger rail service to resume serviceJuly 27th, 2009 Canada's rail service to resume serviceMONTREAL — Canada's national passenger rail service resumed after the company and the union representing engineers reached an agreement to end a strike that paralyzed passenger trains across the country. Via Rail and the union said Sunday they had agreed to go to binding arbitration to get a deal.
Canada's national passenger rail service shuts down after engineers walk off the jobJuly 24th, 2009 Strike halts Canada's Via national rail serviceTORONTO — The majority of Canada's national passenger rail service across Canada effectively shut down on Friday after locomotive engineers at Via Rail Canada went on strike. Teamsters Canada Rail Conference, the union representing 340 engineers, said workers walked off the job after contract talks failed.
Alexander & Baldwin 2nd-quarter profit falls with trans-Pacific shippingJuly 24th, 2009 Alexander & Baldwin 2Q profit falls with shippingHONOLULU — Shipping, property and farming company Alexander & Baldwin Inc. on Friday said its earnings fell by more than half in the latest quarter, as trade with China declined.
Canada's national passenger rail service shuts down after locomotive engineers walk off jobJuly 24th, 2009 Via Rail Canada on strikeTORONTO — Locomotive engineers at Via Rail Canada are on strike, shutting down the bulk of the national passenger-rail service across Canada. The union representing 340 engineers say workers walked off the job after contract talks failed.
Union Pacific 2nd-qtr profit falls 12 percent, as tight cost cuts offset major demand declinesJuly 23rd, 2009 Union Pacific 2Q profit falls 12 percentOMAHA, Neb. — Railroad Union Pacific says its second-quarter earnings fell 12 percent, as stringent cost cutting partially offset major shipping declines across its business.
Union Pacific 2Q net income slips 12 percent but beats expectations on lower costs, land saleJuly 23rd, 2009 UP 2Q profit falls 12 pct but beats expectationsOMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific Corp.
Chrysler files motion in bankruptcy court to eliminate 789 of its 3,200 dealershipsMay 14th, 2009 Chrysler moves to eliminate 789 of 3,200 dealersNEW YORK — Chrysler LLC has told a bankruptcy court it plans to eliminate 789 of its dealers — or about 25 percent of them — across the country as part of its restructuring process. The automaker has about 3,200 dealers but says that's too many.
Union Pacific reports 18 pct drop in 1st-quarter net income, still beats expectationsApril 23rd, 2009 Union Pacific 1Q profit falls 18 pctOMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific Corp.
Union Pacific reports 18 percent drop in 1st-quarter net income, but beats expectationsApril 23rd, 2009 Union Pacific 1st-quarter income falls 18 percentOMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific Corp.
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