Josh Funk

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Navy Commissions USS Cooperstown; Honors War Veteran Players
May 8, 2023
A company like AFT Fasteners has the added capability to perform in-house plating and finishing, which can be helpful when producing kits for end users that vary in color.
No, I’m Not Kitting: The Advantages of Outsourcing to Fastener Distributors
May 2, 2023
Colorado Rep. Brianna Titone before a signing ceremony for the state's 'right to repair' law, Denver, April 25, 2023.
Colorado the 1st State to Pass Farmers' 'Right to Repair'
April 26, 2023
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3M to Lay Off 6,000 Workers
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Shareholders watch Warren Buffett from the overflow room during the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting on Saturday, May 6, 2023, in Omaha, Neb.
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Buffett Shares Good News on Profits, AI Thoughts at Meeting
They discussed a range of topics, including Elon Musk, Apple and avoiding big mistakes.
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A worker heads into the JBS meatpacking plant in Greeley, Colo., Oct. 12, 2020.
Food & Beverage
Firm that Hired Kids to Clean Meat Plants Keeps Losing Work
Cargill, Tyson and JBS have all terminated contracts.
May 2, 2023
A Canadian National Railway locomotive moves through the rail yard on March 29, 2018, in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.
Supply Chain
3 Railroads Join Up to Compete with CPKC to Serve Mexico
Canadian National, Union Pacific and Grupo Mexico will work together.
April 25, 2023
Canadian Pacific trains sit at the main CP Rail train yard in Toronto, March 21, 2022.
Supply Chain
CPKC Railroad Announces Deal to Handle Mexico Shipments
It will move shipping containers of goods that the trucking company picks up at manufacturers and ports in Mexico to the key rail hub of Chicago, where all the major railroads exchange traffic — taking traffic away from Union Pacific and BNSF.
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The crew on a Union Pacific freight train works at a siding area on Jan. 24, 2020, south of Tucson, Ariz.
Supply Chain
Union Pacific Sued After Firing Rail Worker on Medical Leave
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CSX locomotives sit at CSX North Framingham Yard, on Jan. 24, 2023, in Framingham, Mass.
Supply Chain
Some CSX Conductors to Be First Train Crews with Sick Time
The lack of paid sick time in the industry was one of the key concerns that drove many rail workers to vote down a labor deal that included 24% raises and $5,000 in bonuses.
April 5, 2023
This photo provided by Joshua Henderson shows a Canadian Pacific train derailed in rural North Dakota on Sunday, March 26, 2023, which spilled hazardous materials, but local authorities and the railroad said there is no threat to public safety.
Safety
Cold Temps Help Contain Chemicals in North Dakota Derailment
With temperatures well below freezing, all of the chemicals that leaked remained within about 100 feet of the derailment.
March 29, 2023
A cleanup worker stands on a derailed tank car of a Norfolk Southern freight train in East Palestine, Ohio, continues, Feb. 15, 2023.
Safety
Angry Ohio Residents Confront Railroad Over Health Fears
They want to know if they'll be relocated from homes they're afraid to live in.
March 3, 2023
A Union Pacific train engine sits in a rail yard on Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022, in Commerce, Calif.
Supply Chain
Union Pacific Railroad Shipping Limits Generate Complaints
The railroad has ordered companies to remove railcars from the network more than 1,000 times this year.
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Investigators: Firm that Cleans Meat Plants Employed Minors
The company allegedly employed more than two dozen minors working overnight shifts cleaning saws, grinding machines and other processing equipment.
November 23, 2022
In this photo made on Thursday, June 16, 2022, rows of fresh meat is seen through the display coolers as a woman enters the retail section at the Wight's Meat Packing facility in Fombell, Pa.
Food & Beverage
USDA Says More than $200M Will Help Meat Processors Expand
The effort is expected to increase capacity and add more than 1,100 jobs mostly in rural areas.
November 2, 2022
A CSX train engine sits idle on tracks in Philadelphia, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022.
Supply Chain
5 of 12 Unions Have Approved Deals with Freight Railroads
All 12 have to endorse their deals to prevent a strike that would devastate the economy.
October 13, 2022
This photo taken April 18, 2020, shows the JBS USA Pork Plant in Worthington, Minn.
Food & Beverage
JBS to Pay $20 Million in Pork Price-Fixing Settlement
The giant meat producer was accused of conspiring with other meat companies to inflate the price of pork.
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A BNSF Railway intermodal facility in Edgerton, Kan., Dec. 20, 2019.
Supply Chain
Unions Blast Rail Move to Delay Shipments Before Deadline
Some say it's only an attempt to get shippers to increase the pressure on Congress to intervene and block a work stoppage by imposing a contract on workers.
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A BNSF Railway train in Seattle, July 27, 2015.
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Rail Union Says Plan for Contract Deal Doesn't Address Concerns
It doesn't do enough to address concerns about working conditions.
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