Operations
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Autoworkers vote to strike if talks with Big Three falter: CAW
Close to 100 per cent of union members vote in favour of strike action as contract negotiations resume
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TSX negative amid Fed stimulus doubts, disappointing durable goods data
S&P/TSX composite index slipped 12.81 points to 12,049.7, Canadian dollar up .08 of a cent
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Orders for long lasting US factory goods, outside aircraft, fall for 4th time in 5 months
Excluding aircraft and other transportation goods, orders dropped 0.4 per cent
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GM’s Opel reducing hours for workers at 2 German plants
Subsidized short-time work program credited with keeping down German unemployment during recession
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Uniboard Canada invests $3M in its Sayabec, Que., plant
Work will begin in fourth quarter of 2012, expected completion of January 2013
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Molson Coors sets environmental sustainability targets for 2020
Goals include reducing carbon footprint, improving energy and water efficiency.
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Axios Mobile Assets to acquire controlling interest in Ontario molding company
Guelph, Ont., thermoset molding plant has current production capacity of 200,000 pallets annually
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‘Union Advantage’ exists fiscally, socially, according to study
Canadian Labour Congress claims unionized workers earn $793-million more collectively each week
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Manufacturing industries counting on U.S., emerging markets in short-term: report
Canadian Industrial Profile projects surging sales in auto parts production over next five years
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Workers strike at Sifto’s Ontario salt mine
Union disputes with company over collective agreement.
