CHICAGO, May 20- Caterpillar Inc said late on Monday that it would resume contract talks with the union representing about 800 Milwaukee workers who make specialized mining machinery.
May 13- Michigan's biggest city is "clearly insolvent" and needs to restructure its debt and renegotiate its labor contracts to address its problems, Detroit's emergency financial manager said on Monday.
SEATTLE, March 18- Boeing Co technical engineers voted by a wide margin to ratify a new four-year labor agreement with the company, ending the possibility of a strike that could have cut airplane output. Members of the technical workers bargaining unit voted 4,244 to approve the contract and 654 voted to reject it, with two abstentions, the union said.
SEATTLE, March 18- Boeing Co could face a strike by one-third of its engineering workforce if they reject a labor contract Monday. The group is one of two Boeing engineering bargaining units represented by the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace.
BOGOTA, Feb 15- Colombia's largest coal exporter, Cerrejon, and its striking union will meet again on Saturday in search of a deal to end a week-long walkout by thousands of workers, the union said.
BOGOTA, Feb 15- Colombia's largest coal exporter, Cerrejon, and its striking union will meet on Friday for the first time since workers walked off the job last week, both sides said.
*Boeing helicopter contract talks proceed as planned-exec. *Boeing in talks with Indian airlines for 737- MAX sales. BANGALORE, Feb 7- Boeing Co's contract talks with India for military helicopters will be unaffected by planned budget cuts, an executive said on Thursday, a day after the country's defence minister said spending on arms would be tightened.
NEW YORK, Jan 30- AT&T Inc said on Wednesday that wireline workers failed to ratify a new four-year labor contract that would have covered about 20,000 of its employees in the U.S. The telephone company said it would continue to work with the Communications Workers of America union to reach an agreement.
Jan 28- The Transport Workers Union of America, which represents ground workers at American Airlines, said on Monday it has reached an agreement with US Airways Group Inc and AMR Corp that would grant immediate raises of 4.3 percent for its members should a merger of the two carriers take place.
Jan 23- CBS Corp has filed an amended lawsuit against Dish Network Corp accusing the No. 2 U.S. satellite TV company of concealing material facts about its ad-skipping technology during contract negotiations in 2011..
Jan 17- United Continental Holdings, the world's largest air carrier, said on Thursday it expects fourth-quarter charges of $430 million, much of which is tied to paying off its pension debt. The carrier said $309 million of the charges relate to an agreement with the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp that modifies its duty to issue up to $500 million of senior notes.
*Voting to start on Jan. 24, end on Jan. 28. SANTIAGO, Jan 15- Workers at Chile's Escondida, the world's largest copper deposit, will start to vote on a new contract proposal next week, a union leader told Reuters on Tuesday, after rejecting a previous offer in December.
SEATTLE, Dec 26- The threat of imminent labor unrest at four U.S. The shipping companies declared a formal impasse in stalled contract talks with the International Longshore and Warehouse Union days after nearly 3,000 rank-and-file union members voted overwhelmingly to reject management's "last, best and final" offer.
SEATTLE, Dec 26- The threat of a work stoppage at four U.S. The shipping companies declared a formal impasse in stalled contract talks with the International Longshore and Warehouse Union days after nearly 3,000 rank-and-file union members voted overwhelmingly to reject management's "last, best and final" offer.
SEATTLE, Dec 26- Grain shippers declared a formal impasse in stalled contract talks with nearly 3,000 union dockworkers at four U.S. Pacific Northwest ports on Wednesday and moved to unilaterally impose terms of a "final" offer union members soundly rejected days ago.
Dec 19- The parent company of American Airlines received court approval on Wednesday for a new collective bargaining agreement with its pilots that will allow the bankrupt company to cut costs as it tries to emerge from bankruptcy.
Dec 15- Pilots at United Continental Holdings, the world's biggest airline, have ratified a contract with the U.S. carrier that will provide enhanced pay and retirement plan contributions, their union said on Saturday. ALPA represents more than 12,000 United Continental pilots.
LANSING, Mich., Dec 7- The proposed Michigan "right-to-work" law will not apply to existing union contracts, a leading sponsor of the proposal said on Friday, which may blunt its immediate impact on the state's huge auto industry.