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Union Workers Question Safety at GM’s Ultium Battery Plant
While the United Auto Workers union hammers out a new deal with GM and battery manufacturer Ultium Cells, workers are pointing to safety hazards as a key issue in the negotiations.
Canada’s dockworkers strike impacts freight rail operations
The effects of the dockworkers strike at West Coast ports in Canada is reverberating through the supply chain and to the railways. About 7,400 workers with the International Longshore & Warehouse Union Canada’s Longshore…
Truck transportation employment moves up and down in same month
The number of truck transportation jobs in the latest monthly Bureau of Labor Statistics report was an up-and-down affair. Total jobs in June in the truck transportation sector declined by 200 jobs from May, according to the…
Carnage grows among transportation startups
In the world of electric vehicle and autonomous trucking startups, the picture of winners and losers is far from complete. But activity in recent weeks and months shows the inevitable shakeout is fully underway. It’s too…
Death by a Thousand Service Fees
Lille Allen/Eater After years of artificially low menu prices, service fees feel like an inevitable, annoying part of dining out now If you’re the type of diner who regularly eats at restaurants, you’ve almost assuredly…
Energy trade between Mexico and the United States reached a record $81.9 billion in 2022
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People Are Doing Really Weird Stuff With Cottage Cheese Right Now
Lillie Allen Weight Loss #mustard #mustardtok ♬ Wes Anderson-esque Cute Acoustic - Kenji Ueda The resulting combination was… fine, if a little pungent? The zip of the mustard brings a nice contrast to the cottage cheese,…
Canadian food processor snaps up Norfolk-based maltster
Farmers Weekly Norfolk-based malting company Crisp Malt has been acquired by Canadian food processor Richardson International, as part of a wider acquisition of parent company Anglia Maltings Holdings. Based in Great Ryburgh,…
Last ditch attempt to block battery-cage egg imports
Farmers Weekly With the government expected to rubber-stamp its next big trade deal on 16 July, the British Egg Industry Council, Compassion in World Farming and the RSPCA are demanding a rethink on its decision to exclude…
The 10 fastest-growing restaurants in America by sales
The 10 fastest-growing restaurants in America by sales
