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CSX changes executive team after Munoz leaves
Oscar Munoz, CSX Corp.s No. 2 executive, is leaving the Jacksonville-based railroad company to become chief executive officer of United Continental Holdings Inc. Gooden has helped lead CSX’s growth and value pricing efforts. The move is surprising to some analysts, who are as [...]Oil spill funds rise with more oil tanker traffic
On the night of March 23, 1989, the Exxon Valdez left the Alyeska Pipeline Terminal, carrying more than 1.2 million barrels of crude oil from Alaska’s North Slope. Three hours into its journey to Long Beach, California, the Valdez grounded at Bligh Reef, in Prince Willi [...]
New Las Vegas Arena Rises From Desert
Rising out of the Nevada desert is Las Vegas’s newest addition to its entertainment lineup. The $375 million arena will be a destination for sports fans and tourists looking to escape the heat in a new 20,000 seat arena encased in an envelope of copper. The project, located w [...]Unions rally against ‘right-to-work’ override in Missouri
Union members are making sure Missouri Republican lawmakers who voted against ‘right-to-work’ earlier this year know that they will have union support during the next election. Missouri’s chapter of the AFL-CIO held a rally and knocked on doors Saturday in Jefferson Cou [...]Mo. right-to-work bill lacks support to overturn veto
Jefferson City, Mo. — Not enough Missouri lawmakers appear to support a contentious right-to-work measure to overturn Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon’s veto of the bill, an Associated Press analysis shows. Interviews with lawmakers indicate House Republicans in favor of right to wo [...]NLRB holds dues check-offs continue when CBA ends
On August 27, 2015, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) overturned its policy that had existed since 1962, and held that employers remain obligated to withhold from wages and remit union dues to their employees’ union, even after the expiration of a collective bargainin [...]GOP’s Walker proposes vast union restrictions
MADISON, Wis.—Republican presidential candidate Scott Walker on Monday will call for sweeping restrictions on organized labor in the U.S., seeking to replicate nationwide his successful effort as Wisconsin’s governor to curb the power of unions. At a town hall meeting i [...]