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• Lumber plant closes, housing market to blame
  A plant that produces engineered strand lumber used for houses will close indefinitely, and officials are blaming a slow housing market for the move.October 19, 2007
• Boston Scientific will cut 2,300 jobs
  Medical device maker Boston Scientific plans to cut 2,300 jobs, about 13 percent of its global workforce. It currently employs about 7,000 people in Minnesota. Analysts say sagging sales of the stents and defibrillators the company makes are forcing the cutbacks.October 17, 2007
• GMAC's ResCap mortgage unit to cut 3,000 jobs
  Approximately 460 jobs would be eliminated in Minneapolis, where ResCap is based and employs 1,550 people. That would be the largest job losses in any one city.October 17, 2007
• State's jobless rate rises
  Minnesota lost 6,300 hundred jobs in September compared to August, and the state's unemployment rate now stands at 4.9 percent.October 16, 2007
• U of M workers who walked off job approve contract offer
  Clerical and health workers who went on strike at the University of Minnesota for 13 days last month have approved a contract offer. The union said 80 percent of the workers who voted on the proposal approved it.October 16, 2007
• FAA faulted for handling of maintenance concerns during NWA mechanics strike
  The Office of Inspector General says the FAA discounted the concerns raised by one of its inspectors over maintenance practices at Northwest during the mechanics' strike.October 12, 2007
• UMinn workers suspend strike; send offer to members for vote
  After 16 days on the picket line, AFSCME union workers have settled their strike against the University of Minnesota. But they gained no ground toward the higher wages they sought.September 21, 2007
• U of M resumes talks with strikers
  AFSCME-represented workers, who have been on strike since Sept. 5, requested Thursday's meeting, university spokesman Daniel Wolter said.September 20, 2007
• U of M feels political pressure to end strike
  The University of Minnesota AFSCME strike is bringing pressure down on the university from state legislators, political candidates and even student hunger strikers.September 19, 2007
• Bela Tarr films human dignity
  Bela Tarr makes the kind of art films that some people love to hate. In some ways it's the stuff of art film stereotype, but in Bela Tarr's case, the critics say he does it right. He is hailed as one of Europe's major directors, and this weekend he is in the Twin Cities to talk about his work.September 14, 2007
• U of M strike hinges on 'step increases'
  Step increases are automatic raises for union workers, and are common in the public sector. The university wants to negotiate them, while the union doesn't.September 14, 2007
• Students, staff at U balance sympathy for strikers with realities of college life
  Some tenured professors are holding classes off-campus to avoid crossing picket lines. Many sympathetic teaching assistants and other less established instructors, however, worry about repercussions from administrators or department leaders.September 12, 2007
• Steel plant proponents poised to begin work
  The MPCA seems poised to approve the final permits for what proponents call the biggest industrial project in Minnesota history.September 7, 2007
• Union workers go on strike at University of Minnesota
  Union leaders claim significant disruptions in work operations as positions went vacant. University officials maintain the affect of the strike is minimal.September 5, 2007
• U of M students won't face strikers on first day of class
  AFSCME, which represents 3,500 workers at the U, has filed a 10-day strike notice. The 10th day falls on Labor Day, so any strike can't begin until Wednesday, the second day of class. AFSCME has rejected a contract offer from the U.August 28, 2007

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