Ford aims to resume production in less than three weeks despite pandemic
GM and Fiat Chrysler haven’t announced plans to restart production.
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News associations see ‘devastating’ peril from the coronavirus shutdown, but have some plans to get through it
"For some, if this goes on more than a month, they will be closing doors.To others, this will be devastating, but they will come out on the other side.” …
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Some Tesla factory employees still had to work after the production shutdown
The local police department says Tesla is complying with a recent shelter-in-place order brought on by the novel coronavirus pandemic. But some factory workers still had to come in this week to finish processing cars for delivery, even as Tesla confirmed the first two cases of COVID-19 in its…
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Millions Of Masks Found For Hospital Staff Fighting Coronavirus By SEIU United Healthcare Workers
The SEIU says they found one supplier who has 39 million masks available and another who says they can make 20 million more masks per week.
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Ford is working with 3M and GE to produce respirators and ventilators, and the UAW to make medical equipment, as the coronavirus pandemic intensifies
Ford is looking to repurpose components and could use its factories to produce the much-needed products.
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Guards union says prison needle exchange expansion on hold because of COVID-19 | Globalnews.ca
Corrections Canada has touted the program as a way to prevent the spread of infectious diseases by those who inject drugs and share needles in prison.
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UK Union Asks Freelancers To Write MPs Asking For Financial Support –
Bectu, the UK union of creative industry workers, is today asking all of the country’s freelancers to put urgent pressure on their government representatives requesting financial support during the……
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NSW teachers’ union to demand school closures if safety measures not met
Meanwhile, parents say they are confused and anxious about whether to send their children to school.
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Supermarkets to hire extra staff to deal with demand
Ireland’s leading supermarkets have launched a recruitment drive to cope with extra demand.
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Cooper Tire & Rubber : United Steelworkers Ratify New Labor Agreement at Cooper Tire Findlay | MarketScreener
Cooper Tire & Rubber Company confirmed today that members of United Steelworkers Local 207L in Findlay, Ohio have ratified a new four-year labor agreement, which covers approximately 800 USW…| March 21, 2020…
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