1,200 new workers it will need to build the vehicle at its Torrence Avenue assembly plant when it starts production in the fourth quarter. The plant already employs about 1,400.
Another 423 jobs are being added at area suppliers, the company said.
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Swedish Covenant Hospital. The Chicago-area hospital is one of 300 across the nation that have pledged to improve the quality and sustainability of the food they serve
buying antibiotic-free meats. Administrators say they hope increased demand for those products will reduce the use of antibiotics to treat cattle and other animals, which scientists believe helps pathog
The Republic - Meat with antibiotics off the menu at some hospitals
fresh from rescuing Chrysler in the United States, Sergio Marchionne of Fiat is pushing these workers to be more devoted to their jobs, mirroring a larger effort by the government to improve Italy’s competitiveness and reduce its debt through austerity measures
a plant just north of Naples, which produces Alfa Romeos, is in many ways an extreme example of Italy’s woes. The 5,200 employees have been operating the plant at 32 percent capacity for the last two years, since demand collapsed during the economic crisis….Unemployment and growth rates here are among the worst in the country, while productivity has been about 20 percent lower.
After months of tension, 63 percent of the employees voted in June to accept Fiat’s plan, which would penalize employees for abusing sick days, give them shorter lunch breaks and forbid them from striking during periods of high demand
Absenteeism has fallen to about 3 percent from about 30 percent a couple of years ago,
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This is crazy—only in Illinois—Senator for 8 weeks.
Illinois voters could end up voting twice for a U.S. senator on the Nov. 2 general election ballot, deciding on an interim replacement who would serve only a few weeks in office while also voting on a new senator to fill a six-year term that begins in January.
The dual-senator vote scenario became more likely Thursday after the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected an appeal from state officials who questioned the expense and need
