LORDSTOWN, Ohio – The president of United Auto Workers Local 1112 still holds out hope that General Motors Co. will reverse course and award a new product to its Lordstown Complex, an issue he thinks that will factor prominently as…
WARREN, Ohio – A bill introduced by U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown would require publicly traded companies to show the number of employees they have at each location, including those overseas. The goal of the Outsourcing Accountability Act is to put…
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — A busy signal, 24/7, is what a reporter hears when she calls the Los Angeles offices of CounterPoint Capital Partners LLC, which acquired Falcon Transport Co. in September 2017, reportedly for $27 million, and suddenly shut it…
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — Companies operating in the private sector across the five-county region on average employ 12.3 people, making this area a reliable barometer for small-business activity. That’s according to business summaries Dunn & Bradstreet compile, which illustrate sector-by-sector snapshots…
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – Falcon Transport Co. told its 550 employees here that it is discontinuing operations and to stop work “immediately.” Falcon, founded in 1903, is a transportation logistics company with flatbed and over-the-road services for clients including General Motors,…
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – Getting fans to come to baseball games can be tough. Getting fans from across the country to attend a Tuesday night game in the middle of the season? That’s the task the Cleveland Indians are working to…
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – Hynes Industries has completed a financial restructuring with an infusion of nearly $6 million in fresh growth capital into its operations. More importantly, much of the capital is sourced from 15 members of the company’s leadership team,…
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – Gov. Mike DeWine said Tuesday that General Motors Co. executives told him just days ago that the company could divulge its plans regarding the future of the Lordstown manufacturing complex in a matter of weeks. “The last…
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – Those unions that represent hourly wage earners in the automotive manufacturing sector are filled with apprehension and uncertainty, especially in the wake of plans by General Motors Co. to shut down its Lordstown complex in March, leaving…
LORDSTOWN, Ohio – A service provider for General Motors Co.’s Lordstown plant will place 73 of its employees on permanent layoff when the factory shuts down March 8. According to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification, or WARN, filing dated…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In an effort to address prominent challenges to American labor and job markets, U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan, D-13 Ohio, reintroduced the Working on Rewarding and Keeping Employees Resilient, or WORKER Act. Dubbed the “GI Bill for American…
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – Youngstown State University will open the 2020 football season at the University of Akron, renewing a rivalry that’s sat dormant for more than 20 years. The game, Sept. 5, 2020, at InfoCision Stadium, will be the first…
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