Experts had noted a win there would have given the union more leverage in its quest to negotiate a contract with Amazon and a chance to demonstrate its prior win at a facility on Staten Island, New York, wasn’t a one-off.
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A crowdfunding campaign proves fruitful, and now it’s all fun and games in Winslow
A successful Kickstarter campaign earlier this year raised $15,000 and bankrolled the opening of The Nexus: Arcade and Gaming Lounge on Bay Street.
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First U.S. lease sale to be held for offshore wind on West Coast
Hundreds of offshore wind developers and experts gather in Rhode Island to talk about the future of clean energy – how to grow the offshore wind industry and address shared challenges.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, Times Record
Market Basket gets approval in Topsham
The store is expected to be ready by the end of 2023, but that could change.
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Amazon faces off with union in fight for a second warehouse
Last month, a federal labor official who presided over the hearings ruled against the company, which has noted it intends to appeal.
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Stocks rally on Wall Street in latest volatile move
Stocks closed sharply higher on Wall Street, marking the latest about-face for a market that has been unsteadily lurching between gains and losses.
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Southwest Airlines chases small firms as business traffic recovers
Corporate air travel purchases are still down about 25% from 2019, according to ticket-data service ARC, a number that has stagnated.
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U.S. businesses propose hiding trade data used to trace abuse
The proposal, if adopted, would shroud in secrecy customs data on ocean-going freight responsible for about half of the $2.7 trillion in goods entering the U.S. every year.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, New England, News
Up to 20 arrested after striking truckers block Massachusetts food plant exits
Sysco, which has distribution facilities across the country, supplies food to schools, hospitals, nursing homes and restaurants.
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Kanye West to buy conservative social media platform Parler
The rapper formerly known as Kanye West is offering to buy right-wing friendly social network Parler shortly after he was blocked from posting on Twitter and Instagram for antisemitic posts