‘Bargaining Power’: Organized Labor Gets Its Mojo

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – Jose Arroyo, the United Steel Workers’ staff representative for the region, takes a short break from a midterm bargaining session with managers from the Wheatland Tube operations in Warren. Negotiations are likely to go on until the…

America Makes Highlights Collaboration at MMX

CANFIELD, Ohio – Efforts to promote collaboration and bring new talent into additive manufacturing highlighted the two-day Members Meeting & Exchange event, or MMX, sponsored by America Makes. About 350 representatives of companies in additive manufacturing and related fields registered…

Tech Centers Zoom in on EV Training

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – Early in his career, John Zehentbauer’s job was to push airplanes away from the terminal at Dulles Airport using a bulky, electric tug vehicle with heavy lead-acid batteries. “We plugged it in every night and we would…

Warren, Youngstown Musicians Union Locals Are Poised to Merge

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – The Youngstown local of the American Federation of Musicians may soon double its membership and vastly expand its territory by absorbing the Warren local. The 85 members of AFM Local 118 in Warren began voting in August…

$2.1M Grant to Help Counseling Students

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – To help ease the shortage of mental health and addiction counselors, Youngstown State University will pass along to students nearly $2.1 million from the Great Minds Fellowship program. The money will help students who are studying social…

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