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Tornel Strike Ends With 40-Hour Workweek Agreement
1+ hour, 39+ min ago (636+ words) After a bitter five-month strike that halted operations at four manufacturing facilities in Mexico City and the State of Mexico, workers at Mexican tire manufacturer Compañía Hulera Tornel have unanimously ratified a 15-point conciliation agreement with company management. The agreement,…...
Barry, Ill. cannabis workers still on strike, holding out for better contract
1+ hour, 29+ min ago (422+ words) BARRY, Illinois — Workers at a cannabis grow house in western Illinois have now been on strike for one month. The Ascend workers on strike in Barry, Illinois are hopeful it finally may come to end soon as the company and…...
Melbourne just launched eight 328-foot boring machines under its suburbs, and one of them will be run by the world's first all-women tunnelling crew, 18 women picked from almost 870 applicants now training in hyperbaric chambers
3+ hour, 13+ min ago (1036+ words) Tunnel boring machines get women’s names. Seattle dug its downtown highway tunnel with a machine called Bertha, after Bertha Knight Landes, who ran the city from 1926 to 1928 and was the first woman to lead a major American city. London is…...
Cal/OSHA Issues Heat Safety Advisory for Southern California Employers
1+ hour, 50+ min ago (138+ words) SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) is reminding employers to implement required heat illness prevention measures as Southern California prepares for several days of extreme heat, with temperatures expected to exceed 100 degrees Fahrenheit in…...
FG begins training for 5,000 smart meter installers nationwide
4+ hour, 18+ min ago (634+ words) File: Minister of Power, Joseph Tegbe. The Federal Government on Thursday flagged off the training of its first batch of smart electricity meter installers under the Power Force programme. This was as the Presidential Metering Initiative disclosed that close to…...
Water utility continues to negotiate contract with Chattanooga workers
2+ hour, 20+ min ago (48+ words) Chattanooga Times Free Press Water utility continues to negotiate contract with Chattanooga workers Two months after a deadline passed to reach a contract, Tennessee American Water and a union representing employees in Chattanooga are still hashing out a deal....
NIST Opens Funding Competition for 14 New Manufacturing Extension Partnership Centers
3+ hour, 1+ min ago (314+ words) ExecutiveGov NIST Opens Funding Competition for 14 New Manufacturing Extension Partnership Centers NIST Director Arvind Raman commented on the new funding opportunity notice to create 14 new Manufacturing Extension Partnership centers. - The National Institute of Standards and Technology unveiled plans to build…...
Columbia Gas of Virginia holds grand opening ceremony for new Staunton Operations Center
9+ hour, 38+ min ago (254+ words) The facility reportedly accommodates more than 70 employees. CHESTER, VA (Rocktown Now) — Today, July 23, 2026, Columbia Gas of Virginia held a grand opening ceremony, officially cutting the ribbon on its new Operations Center in Staunton. The facility reportedly accommodates more than 70 employees....
Salit Steel workers reject concession-laden contract offer, strike continues
5+ hour, 15+ min ago (242+ words) NIAGARA FALLS, Ontario, July 23, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Members of United Steelworkers (USW) Local 14241-01 have voted to reject a concessionary contract offer from Salit Steel and will remain on strike as they continue their fight for a fair collective agreement. The 46 members…...
IACMI and TEES Launch Inaugural Build Freedom Summit to Strengthen America's Manufacturing Workforce
5+ hour, 5+ min ago (247+ words) October 2026 summit will convene national leaders to advance skilled trades, accelerate advanced manufacturing, and strengthen defense industrial base readiness Sponsored by IACMI and TEES Workforce Development, with support from the Department of War's Office of Industrial Base Policy, the summit…...