Good signs for labor at GE
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General Electric Co. in Lynn is hiring new laborers. The 18 graduates of the E-Team machinists/welders training program found jobs. Aerospace machinists at a GE vendor are thinking about organizing. Child-care workers at Job Options Inc. in Lynn have a first contract.
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The news is often sobering these days. But they&#39;re smiling at General Electric (nyse: GE - news - people ), where the company posted third-quarter earnings that are up 11%, with revenue rising 15%.
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A number of signs point to increasing demand for tech workers, but not all the clouds have been driven away.
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BOULDER, Colo. - An employee at an Olive Garden restaurant gave birth in one of the bathrooms this week after locking herself inside for nearly three hours.
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NEW YORK  - Women in labor may not be given  an epidural at first, for fear that it will slow down the  process of cervical dilation, but that concern seems to be  unfounded.
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This contract manufacturer is flexing its muscles.
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DETROIT - As bargainers for the United Auto Workers and General Motors Corp. continue to haggle across a table in Detroit, the big issue in the critical contract talks comes down to this: If GM pays the union to take on the company's huge retiree healthcare obligations, can the UAW's investments return more than the rate of healthcare inflation?
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Investor's Business Daily - National Association of Purchasing Management surveys from the Chicago and Milwaukee regions showed healthy gains in May, the latest sign that the ailing factory sector is recovering. A similar survey in the New York region showed some slight weakness after several months of improvement.
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Workers at the General Motors pickup plant in Pontiac, Michigan said they were preparing themselves for the possibility of spending months out of work.
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General Mills is among a host of companies that have expanded services for working mothers beyond just maternity leave and flexible hours, according to Working Mother magazine, which released its 19th annual list Tuesday of the 100 best companies for working mothers.
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By Andrea Weigl, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Feb.
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By Mary Lane Gallagher, The Bellingham Herald, Wash.  Feb.
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STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. -- The United Auto Workers and Chrysler LLC got a big boost from some Detroit-area plants that voted in favor of a new labor contract, but the road to ratification is still a bumpy one with thousands more workers scheduled to cast ballots in the next few days.
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By Carla McClain, The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson  Feb. 18--For eons, humans have been fascinated and mystified by the cord that ties a mother to her unborn baby.
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Keep an eye on this small-cap industrial equipment firm.
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By Mike Johnson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel  Feb.
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SPRING HILL, Tenn., Sept. 26 -- At the former Saturn plant here, workers put down their picket signs Wednesday and said they were relieved to see an end to the two-day strike against General Motors, but they worried whether the union's deal would lead to a more secure future.