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Dozens of plant workers at Milwaukee-based Palermo's Pizza are on strike and say the company has engaged in union-busting tactics as employees tried to form a union, according to Voces De La Frontera, an immigrant rights group and low wage worker center that is working with the Palermo's employees. The workers walked off the job 10 days ago.

In a recent article about The American Club in Kohler, I provided a number of examples of superior customer service. Christine Loose, the American Club hospitality manager, calls these experiences a surprise for their guests.

Four train sets have been manufactured and are being readied for service at Talgo Inc. in Milwaukee. Two will be sent to Oregon, but the other two trains could be mothballed.

In addition to the lessons we've learned from hundreds of Wisconsin/Michigan TEC members over the years, a special thanks to Jeremiah Wilson, a Vistage resource, for his thinking on this issue.

Students graduating from high school this month are making critical career path decisions that will determine their life's arc at a time when such decisions have never been more complex or uncertain.

Effective Aug. 1, Wilson Jones, Oshkosh Corp. executive vice president and president of its Access Equipment segment, will be promoted to president and chief operating officer of the company.

"She loved her cubicle." On long bike rides, I often ride by rural cemeteries. To this day, I haven't seen...

The Milwaukee Center for Independence has proposed a $3.1 million renovation to its Bay View Campus located at 3333 S. Howell Ave.

The 16 Inch Society, a group of former Chicago-natives now living in Milwaukee that regularly get together for an annual 16-inch softball game, will take the field on Sunday June 10 starting at 1 p.m. in LaFollette Park.

Americans for the Arts, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing the arts and arts education, has awarded the 2012 Arts Education Award to Milwaukee-based Arts @ Large.