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Caterpillar Inc. (CAT) and the United Steelworkers union agreed to meet next week, after resuming contract negotiations Thursday for union workers at mining equipment plants in Wisconsin.Another bargaining session was scheduled for May 30, Caterpillar said on its website. The two sides met for about four hours Thursday, and the union presented company negotiators with a contract proposal. A union negotiator declined to divulge details about the union's offer, but described the meeting as more constructive than the last session two weeks ago."The tone of the meeting was a lot better than the last time we met," said Ross Winklbauer, a subdistrict director for the union in Milwaukee. "We bounced some ideas back and forth. We were carrying on a good discussion."The union represents about 800 workers at two plants in Milwaukee and South Milwaukee, Wis., where large mining equipment is assembled. Caterpillar, Peoria, Ill., acquired the plants as part of its purchase of mining equipment manuf...
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Caterpillar Inc , Komatsu Ltd <6301.T> and other mining industry suppliers put on a brave face at a major industry conference this week, trying to stare down plungin...
Caterpillar Inc.'s (CAT) second-quarter earnings rose 67% as continued strong demand for construction and mining machinery in North America and expanded profit margi...
Caterpillar Inc.'s (CAT) second-quarter earnings rose 67% as continued strong demand for construction and mining machinery in North America and expanded profit margi...
Caterpillar Inc.'s (CAT) second-quarter earnings rose 67% as strong demand continued to drive the heavy-machinery maker's revenue growth.The company also raised its ...
Caterpillar Inc. (CAT) has agreed to sell a distribution-and-support business to Hewitt Equipment Ltd. in the province of Quebec, Western Labrador and the Maritimes,...
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Caterpillar Inc said Thursday that a bid by the United Steelworkers Union to re-open contract talks on behalf of workers in Milwaukee who make mining machinery had n...
Representatives for Caterpillar Inc. (CAT) and the United Steelworkers Union have suspended contract negotiations for mining machinery workers in Milwaukee after tal...
Caterpillar Inc. (CAT) workers at a mining-equipment plant in South Milwaukee, Wis., rejected a pay offer from the company as their contract expired Tuesday.The Unit...
About 800 Caterpillar Inc. (CAT) workers in South Milwaukee, Wis., are voting Tuesday on a six-year contract offer from the company.Leaders of the United Steelworker...
Caterpillar Inc. (CAT) and the United Steelworkers Union have reached a tentative agreement on a six-year contract for about 800 workers who assemble mining machiner...
An odd thing happened on Monday when Caterpillar Inc , the world's largest maker of earth-moving equipment, posted disappointing profits and cut its full-year foreca...
Caterpillar Inc. (CAT) on Monday said its first-quarter profit fell 45%, as the company's dealers slashed their inventories of machinery and sales of mining equipmen...
