Union workers at Bridgestone-Firestone ratify new 4-year contract covering 4,500 employees

October 5th, 2009 Deere: UAW members ratify 6-year contractMOLINE, Ill. — Deere & Co.

October 1st, 2009 Deere, UAW reach tentative contract agreementMOLINE, Ill. — Deere & Co.

August 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.

August 17th, 2009 Correction: AT&T labor storyDALLAS — In an Aug. 16 story about AT&T agreeing on a new contract with 8,900 employees, The Associated Press erroneously reported that members of the Communications Workers of America had earlier ratified a new contract with AT&T in the West region.

August 17th, 2009 AT&T reaches deal with some electrical workersDALLAS — AT&T Inc. said Sunday it reached tentative agreement with a union covering about 8,900 of its electrical workers on new contract terms.

August 12th, 2009 Goodyear, Steelworkers extend contract 2nd timeAKRON, Ohio — For the second time, the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. and the United Steelworkers of America have extended their national contract, this time until Aug.

August 10th, 2009 AT&T and union district reach tentative dealNEW YORK —AT&T Inc. has reached a tentative deal on a new three-year contract for 23,000 employees in California and Nevada, the telecommunications company said Monday.

July 15th, 2009 AT&T, union reach tentative contract dealNEW YORK — AT&T Inc. and its largest union have tentatively agreed on a new contract for 18,500 employees in the Midwest.

July 15th, 2009 Air Canada reaches deal with mechanics unionTORONTO — The largest union at Air Canada has approved a 21-month labor contract, considered a critical factor in keeping the airline out of bankruptcy court. The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers said Wednesday members voted 60 percent in favor of the deal this week.

July 14th, 2009 Goodyear, Steelworkers extend contract 4 weeksAKRON, Ohio — Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. and the United Steelworkers of America have extended their national contract four weeks until Aug.

July 9th, 2009 KOLKATA - A day after threatening to suspend operations at its strike-hit Batanagar unit in West Bengal, Bata India Thursday held talks with union leaders and asked them to exhort the striking contract labourers to end the four-day-old agitation. "The management has told us today (Thursday) that they are willing to listen to the demand of the contract workers, but they have to first withdraw their strike," Bata Mazdoor Union president Subir Chakraborty said.

June 26th, 2009 Smithfield Packing, union agree on NC contractTAR HEEL, N.C. — Smithfield Packing Co.

June 23rd, 2009 Southwest reservations agents ratify labor pactDALLAS — Customer-service and reservations agents at Southwest Airlines have ratified a new contract that gives the workers 3 percent pay raises. The union says Southwest also agreed to a "significant increase" in retirement benefits, including bigger 401(k) contributions.

June 12th, 2009 Washington Post union ratifies 2-year contractWASHINGTON — The union representing editorial and other employees at The Washington Post has overwhelmingly ratified a two-year contract that will let the newspaper protect a quarter of its workers from any layoffs, regardless of seniority. Under previous contracts, employees with the most seniority would be the last to get laid off.

June 5th, 2009 Safeway: Colo. workers' contract extended againDENVER — Safeway says its unionized Colorado grocery workers have agreed to extend their labor contract again until June 26.