Tag: factory
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How a workday at a Tennessee plastics factory turned deadly
10:47 a.m. Adkins took photos of Mendoza, who died in the flood, walking across the parking lot. Adkins also shots a video of the parking lot, saying: “We have no power at work. This is at Impact Plastics. This is the parking lot. Here are the cars. I mean, it’s flooded.” Zinnia Adkins took a…
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Boeing factory strike crosses 1-month mark as pressure mounts on new CEO
It’s been just over a month since more than 30,000 Boeing machinists walked off the job after overwhelmingly voting down a tentative contract. Costs and tensions have only risen since then. The strike is adding to pressure on Boeing’s new CEO, Kelly Ortberg, who was brought in over the summer to solve the plane maker’s various troubles. The strike, which S&P…
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Boeing to cut 17,000 jobs as losses deepen during factory strike
Boeing will cut 10% of its workforce, or about 17,000 people, as the company’s losses mount and a machinist strike that has idled its aircraft factories enters its fifth week. Boeing expects to report a loss of an $9.97 a share in the third quarter, the company said in a surprise release on Friday. It took charges in…
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Hospitals take steps to conserve IV fluid supply after Helene strikes critical factory
Hard to fill the gap In a statement published online Thursday, Baxter said it doesn’t yet have a timeline for when operations will be back up and running. A part of the problem, the company said, is that bridges to its site were damaged in the storm, limiting transport in and out. The Department of…
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Tennessee investigating plastics factory after workers trapped by Hurricane Helene floods died, went missing
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, the state’s criminal investigation agency, said Wednesday it is looking into allegations against an Erwin plastics factory where several workers died and some went missing after they were swept away by floodwaters from Hurricane Helene. “At the request of 1st Judicial District Attorney General Steve Finney, TBI agents are investigating…