Westview Concrete Strikers Picket Elyria Site
Elyria OH striking Westview Concrete workers picketed the Justice Center on Thursday. 13 Teamsters Local 20 members, without a contract since March 31, sought to keep nonunion crews from the site while negotiations continued. Project manager Tom McMahon said 90 to 95 percent of concrete work was done and no trucks were stopped.
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RP Carbone
McMahon
Westview Concrete
Lowell St
Elyria
Teamsters Local 20
Justice Center
Westview
Tom McMa
Walls
Westview strike disrupts concrete supply and protests continue
Westview workers picket job sites over wage and benefit demands affecting the Route 57 Elyria bridge project. Union official Sian Root reports threats and high tensions as labor charges are filed and talks fail to reach a contract. Local manager John Walls defends his business while promising to keep customers served.
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Westview
Teamsters Local 20
Sian Root
Root
Ross Environmental Services moves to new Lorain campus
Grafton Ross Environmental Services transfers to a new business center at the Great Lakes Technology Park on the Lorain County Community College campus. After purchasing its Royalton Road building last year, the firm chose to build anew to stay connected with the community. About 70 employees begin at 350 Innovation Drive Elyria on June 9. main phone 366-2000.
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Grafton
Ross Environmental Services
Great Lakes Technology Park
Lorain County Community College
Christian Community School
Ross Environmental
Royalton Road
Ross
Lorain County
Ross Environmental Services Inc
Innovation Drive
Elyria
Oklahoma City GM plant back to work after tornado pause
Hundreds of autoworkers returned to General Motors line to finish 400 SUVs left incomplete when a May tornado damaged the plant. Nearly 900 employees worked two shifts for a one week restart as parts of the facility still lacked power, with a target reopening date of June 30.
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Oklahoma City
General Motors
Tyree Minnet
Canadian cull ups ante for mad cow testing effort
Canadian investigators plan to euthanize about 700 more cattle for brain tests as they pursue links to the infected Alberta cow and possible feed contamination. The action follows a US led beef import ban and aims to narrow when and where the cow was born while officials monitor farms under quarantine.
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Toronto
United States
Brian Evans
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Evans
British Columbia
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Canada
Britain
Mortgage rates hit another record low this year
Washington AP reports 30 year fixed rate dropped to 5.31 percent in Freddie Mac survey marking an eighth weekly record low this year. 15 year fixed at 4.73 percent, one year ARMs at 3.63, refinancing share 77.1 percent as rates ease and consumer confidence improves housing prospects.
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Washington
Freddie Mac
Frank Nothart
Mortgage Bankers Association of America
Market slips after five day Dow rally ends in profit taking
U S stock indexes retreated from a five day winning streak as investors lock in gains. The Dow fell 1.94 to 8711.18 while the Nasdaq rose to 1574.95 and the S&P 500 eased to 949.64. Commerce Dept data showed GDP at 1.9 percent and unemployment claims dipped to 424,000.
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Standard & Poor
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Robert W. Baird & Co
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U.S
Labor Department
Tim Smalls
SG Cowen Securities
Smalls
Hovnanian Enterprises
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