Tag: Local Business
ANALYSIS: London factory strike underscores growing worker resolve
Fed up with inflation, empowered by demand, militancy growing among workers Freezing rain and snow pelted workers late at night as they walked the picket line at London’s Dr. Oetker plant in recent days, but one worker shrugged it off. “We’re freezing here, but we will stick it out,” said the woman, who asked not […]
After 84 years and two generations, Posno Flowers closes in Old South
‘We’ll miss it. We’ll miss designing. We’ll miss our customers’
Church hopes to turn former department store into worship space
A long vacant anchor building in southeast London is primed for a new chapter, with the plaza eyeing an unusual tenant to breathe new life into the commercial property.
Dr. Oetker workers upbeat on the picket line on strike’s first day
Workers on the picket line Wednesday at frozen pizza maker Dr. Oetker were upbeat, determined to get a better deal and already talking about when they will get back to work. More than 230 workers at the food giant walked off the job early Wednesday after a narrow strike vote in which 56 per cent […]
London International Airport scrambling to line up flights to sunny south
London International Airport, now able to handle international flights, will try to land some warm weather destinations for the balance of the winter, its chief executive says. The airport, which has seen flights and traffic dwindle under COVID-19 restrictions, will be able to accommodate international travel after Feb. 28, federal Transport Minister Omar Alghabra announced […]