International Business News - Union http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Dealers at the Foxwoods Resort Casino called on management Friday to begin contract negotiations after the National Labor Relations Board certified their union. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080703/foxwoods-dealers-call-for-contract-negotiations.htm Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:38:16 EDT Money transfer services firm Western Union Co. said Wednesday it considering appealing a court ruling that gave the go-ahead to state prosecutors to seize suspected immigrant smuggling money flowing into Mexico. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080702/western-union-considering-appeal-of-court-ruling.htm Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:39:02 EDT The head of an Egyptian hospital says Zambia's president was in a semi-coma when medically evacuated to Paris from the African Union summit. Saeed Abdel Fattah Essa says President Levy Mwanawasa had a "brain hemorrhage," which Egyptian doctors stopped when he was taken to his hospital on Sunday. Essa says Wednesday that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak visited Mwanawasa before his evacuation Tuesday evening. A semi-coma is a mild or partial comatose state. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080702/doctor-zambian-president-in-semi-coma.htm Wed, 02 Jul 2008 05:53:03 EDT Conventioning steelworkers plan to join Las Vegas cab drivers in a rally on the Las Vegas Strip this morning to call for new taxi union contracts. The planned protest will be on a sidewalk between the Paris-Las Vegas and Bally's hotel-casinos. Steelworkers are attending a convention at the Paris. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080701/steelworkers-to-join-taxi-drivers-in-vegas-protest.htm Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:03:58 EDT The Communications Workers of America spent $160,000 in the first quarter to lobby the federal government on numerous issues affecting its members, according to a recent disclosure form. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080701/communications-union-spent-160k-lobbying-in-1q.htm Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:56:53 EDT African efforts to encourage a deal between Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe and his opponents showed no results Tuesday, while Mugabe's spokesman defiantly said his boss has no plans to step down and told Western critics they can "go hang." http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/83539-mideast-egypt-african-union-zimbabwe.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080701/zimbabwe-presidents-spokesman-west-hang.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080701/zimbabwe-presidents-spokesman-west-hang.htm Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:11:27 EDT Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe will not step down and Western critics who called the country's recent election a sham can "go hang," the longtime ruler's spokesman said Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/83080-mideast-egypt-african-union-zimbabwe.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080701/mugabe-spokesman-to-west-go-hang.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080701/mugabe-spokesman-to-west-go-hang.htm Tue, 01 Jul 2008 06:55:40 EDT Egyptian security are restricting journalists covering an African Union summit after a British TV crew got into a verbal confrontation with Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080701/tv-crew-challenges-mugabe.htm Tue, 01 Jul 2008 05:40:45 EDT Zambia's president is missing the opening of the African Union summit after being rushed to a hospital. Egypt's official MENA news agency says President Levy Mwanawasa was rushed to a hospital late Sunday after falling ill while meeting with other African leaders. His condition has not been released. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080630/zambias-president-taken-to-hospital.htm Mon, 30 Jun 2008 05:58:43 EDT Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe entered an African summit accompanied by the meeting's host Monday, a sign that African leaders won't shun him despite Western demands they take a tough stance over his re-election in a tainted ballot. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/82970-mideast-egypt-african-union.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080630/mugabe-in-attendance-as-au-summit-opens-in-egypt.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080630/mugabe-in-attendance-as-au-summit-opens-in-egypt.htm Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:28:08 EDT The U.S. Attorney's Office in Washington said a Maryland woman has been sentenced to a year in prison for embezzling more than $75,000 from the nation's largest public service employees union. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080627/md-woman-sentenced-for-embezzling-union-funds.htm Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:50:34 EDT FreightCar America Inc. said it reached a tentative settlement with the United Steelworkers of America. The railroad car operator did not disclose the terms of the deal, which still requires approval by the union's members in Johnstown, Pa. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080625/freightcar-reaches-settlement-with-steelworkers.htm Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:08:24 EDT Shares of Western Union Co. surged to a new 52-week high Friday after the money transfer services firm said it expects 2008 earnings to be at the higher end of its guidance range. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080620/western-union-shares-surge-on-revised-outlook.htm Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:13:33 EDT Among the earnings projection stories for Friday, June 20, from AP Financial News: NEW YORK (AP)--Money transfer services firm Western Union Co. said Friday it expects 2008 earnings to be at the higher end of its guidance range of $1.18 to $1.22 per share and raised its long-term earnings growth goal as well. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080620/outlook-roundup-western-union-smart-balance.htm Fri, 20 Jun 2008 10:44:28 EDT Money transfer services firm Western Union Co. said Friday its board approved a plan to repurchase $1 billion in common stock. Based on Thursday's closing price of $23.16, Western Union will be able to buy back about 43.2 million shares of common stock under the repurchase program. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080620/western-union-approves-plan-to-buy-back-stock.htm Fri, 20 Jun 2008 07:48:23 EDT Money transfer services firm Western Union Co. said Friday it expects 2008 earnings to be at the higher end of its guidance range of $1.18 to $1.22 per share and raised its long-term earnings growth goal as well. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080620/western-union-increases-long-term-earnings-goal.htm Fri, 20 Jun 2008 07:44:44 EDT Union Pacific Corp., the nation's largest freight railroad, said Thursday that shipments have begun moving on its main East-West line after being temporarily parked due to flood damage. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080619/union-pacific-lifts-traffic-ban-on-major-line.htm Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:56:28 EDT The Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a California law that blocked use of state money for anti-union activities. The court ruled on the state's first-in-the-nation law that bars employers from using state money to influence employees' views on unions in their workplace. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080619/court-rejects-california-union-law.htm Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:24:00 EDT Union Pacific Corp. cut its second-quarter earnings outlook by 5 cents per share after severe storms in the Midwest disrupted the railroad company's operations, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing on Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080617/union-pacific-cuts-2q-earnings-forecast-on-storms.htm Tue, 17 Jun 2008 17:22:47 EDT The Teamsters said Thursday it filed a petition to approve a vote that would allow Atlas Air and Polar Air flight crew members to seek representation by the union. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080612/teamsters-seek-vote-on-atlas-air-membership.htm Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:43:21 EDT