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Transportation, workplace education on Tim Kaine's mind in Danville
WDBJ7 ReporterInfrastructure and education, U.S. Senate Candidate Tim Kaine told workers today in Danville that's what he can bring to the table to turn around the economy. Kaine spent much of his morning in Southern Virginia making a stop at EBI, a subsidiary of Ikea...Tags: Career and Workplace, Employees
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Swedwood's agreement turns costly for Danville, Pittsylvania County
WDBJ7 ReporterIt's an agreement gone wrong. Now Danville and Pittsylvania County will have to repay a $900,000 grant used to build a railroad spur a company never used. In 2006 the IKEA furniture maker Swedwood was expected to bring heavy rail traffic through Southern...Tags: Heavy Engineering, Pittsylvania County, Economy, Business and Finance, Manufacturing and Engineering, Companies and Corporations
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Union workers at Danville IKEA plant approve new contract
Union workers at an IKEA subsidiary's plant in Virginia have approved a three-year contract.
The Danville Register and Bee says members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers ratified the contract with Danville Swedwood...Tags: Career and Workplace, Unions, Employees
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IKEA workers in Danville voting on unionization
Workers at IKEA's only U.S. manufacturing plant are deciding whether they want to unionize.
Approximately 328 workers are scheduled to vote Wednesday at Swedwood Danville, a subsidiary of the Swedish furniture giant. The results should be available...Tags: Career and Workplace, Politics, Elections, Employees, Human Interest
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Union: IKEA workers vote to unionize
DANVILLE, Va. (AP) -- Workers at IKEA's only U.S. factory in Virginia say they want to belong to a union like thousands of Europeans who work for the Swedish furniture giant.
The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers say employees...Tags: Career and Workplace, Collective Contract, Unions, Work Rules Contract Issues, Wage Contract Issues
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Union vote comes to another Danville factory
Reporter340 Danville factory workers are voting Monday and Tuesday on a question many say there's only one answer to. Should EBI become unionized? First shift workers leaving the company wouldn't talk on camera but told news7 a union would improve the working...Tags: Career and Workplace, Unions, Politics, Elections, Employees
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Netherlands-based company coming to Pittsylvania Co., creating 31 jobs
An IKEA subsidiary supplier will establish its first U.S. operation in Pittsylvania County.
Governor Bob McDonnell announced Friday Axxor Group, a Netherlands-based company, will invest $4.96 million to establish an operation in the Ringgold East...Tags: Politics, Bob McDonnell, Pittsylvania County, Government, Economy, Business and Finance
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Tim Saunders' Blog
February 24, 2012
If you watched the 5:00 news on Thursday, you may have seen me delivering a live report while driving a car. That was not a trick. I really was driving and communicating live with Jean Jadhon. Given all the amazing technology that&...Tags: Property, Rachel Maddow, Arts and Culture, Health and Safety at School, Lynchburg (Lynchburg, Virginia)
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Free eats, treats and fun things to do for Father's Day
Sun SentinelHappy Father's Day! Show Daddy-O he's No. 1 and celebrate in South Florida style with free treats and eats and fun things to do just for Dads on Sunday. Fun in the sun: Bonnet House: Dads get in free with one paid admission from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at...Tags: Father's Day, Services and Shopping, Dania Beach, Restaurants, LivingSocial, Inc.
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Geek Gal duo The Doubleclicks are returning to Chicago!
When I spoke to her last Fall, Angela Webber - of the singing-sister duo The Doubleclicks - was gearing up for a geeky music and comedy concert in Chicago. We discussed whether they'd rather hang out with Hobbits or Ewoks, along with picking the proper...
Tags: Rentals, Entertainment, Music
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IKEA plans midsummer buffet in stores Friday
baltimoresun.comIt's not summer solstice yet, but home goods retailer IKEA is jumping in a week early to mark the longest day of the year.... -
Micro apartments in Los Angeles: 'How Small Is Too Small?'
With condo buildings sprouting from vacant lots and talk of lifting height restrictions on its high-rises, Hollywood offers one of the best illustrations of Los Angeles' push toward population density. In the heart of this quickly changing neighborhood,...
Tags: Architecture, Arts, Arts and Culture, Demographics, The Getty
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