Thomas Brown currently serves as the Black McDonald’s Operator’s Association’s (BMOA) president, as well as board member of McDonald’s Operators Association of Chicagoland and Northwest Indiana.
DETROIT — About 6,000 General Motors Co. blue-collar workers have taken the latest round of early retirement and buyout offers, but it fell short of the company's goal, meaning more layoffs are likely.
NEW YORK — Helped by deep cost cuts, Motorola Inc. on Thursday posted an unexpected profit for the second quarter after several quarters of losses, and said it expected things to keep improving this year.
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. — A farm management trade group says Illinois agricultural land values have dropped this year and are likely to stay flat or keep falling.
ATLANTA— A federal minimum wage increase that takes effect Friday could prolong the recession, some economists say, by forcing small businesses to lay off the same workers that the pay hike passed in better times was meant to help.
NEW YORK — McDonald's Corp. said Thursday that even though more consumers chowed down on its burgers, fries and drinks in the second quarter, the stronger dollar and a year-ago gain led profit to dip 8 percent.
Mayor Richard Daley says labor leaders should end their opposition to Walmart expanding in the city and acknowledge the need to create employment opportunities.
