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FILE – In this May 7, 2020 file photo, workers leave the Tyson Foods pork processing plant in Logansport, Ind. Meatpacking giant Tyson Foods says more than 96% of its workers have been vaccinated ahead of a Nov. 1 deadline for them to do so. The Springdale, Ark., based company said the number of its 120,000 workers who have been vaccinated has nearly doubled since it announced its mandate on Aug. 3. At that point, only 50% of Tyson workers had been vaccinated. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File) CER201 CER201

October 26, 2021 at 10:14 am

Meatpacker Tyson: Mandate led 96% of workers to get vaccine

Meatpacking giant Tyson Foods says more than 96% of its workers have been vaccinated ahead of the company’s Nov. 1 deadline for them to do... Updated 12:21 pm

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Larry Gamble, who has worked at the Kellogg plant for 13 years, and Sharnita Childress, who has worked at the plant for 8 years, picket with other union workers outside of the plant in Battle Creek, Mich. on Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021. Around 1,400 union workers from Michigan, Tennessee, Pennsylvania and Nebraska have been on strike for the past two weeks. (Nicole Hester/The Grand Rapids Press via AP)

October 25, 2021 at 3:13 pm

Kellogg Co. offers to restart talks with striking workers

The Kellogg Co. is trying to persuade its 1,400 striking cereal-making workers to return to the bargaining table.

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October 21, 2021 at 6:12 am

Union Pacific Q3 profit up 23% even with flat volume

Union Pacific hauled in 23% more profit in the third quarter even though the total number of shipments it delivered remained flat overall.

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October 20, 2021 at 1:57 pm

CSX 3Q railroad profit jumps 32% as volume grows 3%

CSX delivered a 32% jump in third-quarter profit as the volume of goods it hauled rose even beyond last fall’s strong level.

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October 19, 2021 at 2:33 pm

Canadian National CEO retiring in face of investor pressure

Canadian National’s CEO is retiring instead of staying to fight against an investor who has been pushing for his ouster.

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October 19, 2021 at 1:51 pm

Union Pacific and its unions sue each other over vaccine

Union Pacific and its labor unions are suing each other to determine whether the railroad has the authority to require its employees to get vaccinated...

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October 19, 2021 at 3:04 am

USDA rethinks approach to controlling salmonella in poultry

Federal health officials are rethinking their approach to controlling salmonella in poultry plants in the hope of reducing the number of illnesses linked to the...

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First shift worker Travis Huffman joins other BCTGM Local 3G union members in a strike against Kellogg Co., Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021, outside the Kellogg plant on Porter Street in Battle Creek, Mich. Workers in Battle Creek, Lancaster, Memphis and Omaha walked out at 1 a.m. Tuesday,, demanding livable wages and better benefits. (Alyssa Keown/Battle Creek Enquirer via AP) MIBAT301 MIBAT301

October 5, 2021 at 11:25 am

Workers at all of Kellogg’s U.S. cereal plants go on strike VIEW

The dispute involves an assortment of pay and benefit issues such as the loss of premium health care, holiday pay and reduced vacation time. It...

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October 4, 2021 at 12:26 pm

Canadian National says investor’s shakeup drive ‘misguided’

Canadian National sharpened its criticism of the investor pressuring it to make changes at the railroad

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September 29, 2021 at 10:10 am

CN railroad faces investor pressure after losing rail deal

After walking away from its effort to buy Kansas City Southern railroad earlier this month, Canadian National continues to face investor pressure to make changes...

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