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• Northwest, pilots reach tentative agreement
  The possibility of a pilots strike at Northwest Airlines is on hold, with news that pilots and the airline reached a tentative deal late Friday morning. Northwest has now tentatively achieved the labor cost savings it sought from all of its employee groups.March 3, 2006
• NWA and flight attendants hit tough compromises
  Northwest's deal with its flight attendants may signal the end of one episode in the two sides' arduous negotiations, but it doesn't mean the hard work is over.March 1, 2006
• Minnesota's Ford "focus"
  Ford plans to announce shutdowns at two more U.S. assembly plants by the end of the year. While developers envision various futures for the Ford site in St. Paul, state officials remain focused on just one: making cars.March 1, 2006
• Dakota County training fills an industry demand
  A technical college pairs with the railroad industry to provide a hard-to-find education opportunity.February 21, 2006
• Local Ford workers relieved, but still nervous about the future
  Employees of Ford's St. Paul plant say they are relieved they get to keep their jobs. But those jobs are still in limbo. The plant could be among the four as-yet-unidentified assembly plants Ford expects to close.January 23, 2006
• Ford workers struggle with uncertainty
  About 2,000 workers at Ford's Twin Cities Assembly Plant learn the fate of their jobs next week.January 20, 2006
• New year...new career?
  Everyone's career could use a good New Year's examination, says career consultant Amy Lindgren.January 19, 2006
• NWA employees, preparing for the worst, support each others' side jobs
  Northwest Airlines' employees are preparing for more wage and job cuts, as the airline prepares to ask a bankruptcy judge to allow it to impose cuts on its unions. Against this backdrop, some of the airline's Twin Cities employees are banding together to prepare to make it without jobs at Northwest.January 13, 2006
• Organizing daycare
  Independent daycare providers are in the sights of two well-established labor unions. Union leaders are promising a stronger voice to providers who choose to take on state government collectively.January 13, 2006
• Can NWA's unions strike?
  NWA's unions say they'll strike if a bankruptcy judge imposes new contract terms on them. But legal experts disagree on whether the unions have the right to strike.January 10, 2006
• Subsidiary plans are major sticking point between Northwest, unions
  Northwest Airlines says its plan to bring the company out of bankruptcy hinges on creating more companies. To lower labor costs, Northwest wants to move thousands of employees, from pilots to bag handlers, into new subsidiaries. Unions say the idea takes cost-cutting too far, causing devastating damage to workers. This issue -- more than any other -- could take negotiations down to the wire and even prompt a strike.January 9, 2006
• Northwest mechanics vote to stay on strike
  Striking Northwest Airlines mechanics will continue their walkout. Union members could have ended the four-month-old strike Friday, by approving a settlement with the airline. Instead, a majority voted to continue their stand despite little hope of regaining their jobs.December 30, 2005
• Vote outcome could bring end of NWA mechanics strike
  Striking union mechanics at Northwest Airlines have until nine o'clock this morning to vote on a settlement agreement with the company. A "yes" vote would end the walkout, but strikers would be laid off instead of returning to work. Even after four months on strike, union leaders say members should reject the settlement and continue their stand.December 30, 2005
• Duluth coming to grips with health costs
  Is Duluth ready to come to terms with a promise to pay retiree health insurance for life? A task force plan could close a $280 million gap.December 18, 2005
• Bell-ringing means a job for many in need
  Most people who pass a Salvation Army bell ringer are aware of the charitable connection: Money from the red kettles supports the group's mission to house, feed, and minister to people in need. What's not so well known is how bell ringing functions as an employment program.December 18, 2005

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