Hundreds of jobs going at factory
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Up to 300 jobs are going at a County Antrim factory which makes cabinets for computers and generators.
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NEW YORK -- Job cuts soared last month, topping the 100,000 mark for the first time since last January.
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GEORGETOWN, Ky. -- Dissident workers at the Toyota plant here gather at the Best Western Georgetown on Wednesdays between shifts to shape a battle plan. The workers are angry at conditions at this flagship Toyota site, where the best-selling Camry is built.
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Japanâs factory output in December rose more than expected, to a record, fueled by higher overseas demand for automobiles and machinery. Industrial production climbed a seasonally adjusted 0.7 percent, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said in Tokyo. In the labor market, Japanâs seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose to 4.1 in December, slightly more than the 4.0 percent that was expected. In a sign of an improving employment market, the jobs-to-applicant ratio was 1.08 in December, meaning 108 jobs were available per 100 applicants.
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Emboldened by Toyotaâs plans to cut labor costs, the United Auto Workers is making its most concerted push yet to organize at the Japanese automakerâs largest American plant.
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At a renovated textile warehouse near Boston's Fort Point Channel, where 50 employees of Ember Corp. are moving this month from cramped quarters next door, young engineers are busy lining the walls with 600 wireless sensor nodes -- each containing a low-powered radio frequency microchip mounted on a printed circuit board.
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Unions claim a breakthrough in the fight to stop the closure of half the Remploy factories in Britain.
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The Labor Department said today that 157,000 new jobs were created last month, compared with 80,000 in April.
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Child workers have been found working in a textile factory in conditions close to slavery.
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WASHINGTON -- Factories saw orders for big-ticket goods jump 5.9 percent in July, the most in 10 months, an encouraging sign that many manufacturers are holding up to the stresses caused by a housing slump and a credit crunch.
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More than 3,000 union workers at three BF Goodrich Tire Manufacturing plants in Indiana and Alabama have approved a new contract after working about 15 months without one.
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PITTSBURGH The United Steelworkers of America say about 34-hundred workers at BF Goodrich plants in Indiana and Alabama have approved a new contract.
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U.S. factories picked up their pace in December, capping off a year of expansion in the manufacturing industry despite some recent signs of a downturn in employment, a report showed on Monday.
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UK manufacturing orders are at a 12-year high, according to the EEF, and specialist carmakers are leading the way.
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In SAN FRANCISCO story, "UPDATE 1-National Semiconductor to  cut about 6 pct of staff," please read in second paragraph "...  450 factory jobs ..." instead of "... 550 factory jobs ..."
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Across Tijuana's vast industrial parks, the export assembly plants known as maquiladoras are thriving, posting giant "help wanted" signs.
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A cosmetics factory which employs 600 says it is facing a fight for survival after laying off 250 workers.