CINCINNATI, OH (FOX19) - Several workers have been hurt after a concrete collapse at the construction site of the new Cincinnati casino. The incident happened at the site of the Horseshoe Casino at the corner of Gilbert and Broadway just before 8 a.m. Workers say they were pouring a 60x60 feet bay of concrete when a steel portion of the structure collapsed, causing the concrete to fall about 25 feet. Cincinnati Fire Chief Richard Braun says the workers basically slid down the concrete as it collapsed. No one was underneath the bay.
Columbia Gas reports that 1,500 residents of Elyria are without gas Friday evening. Ray Frank with Columbia Gas said the company had a mechanical device malfunction today, but it was repaired Friday afternoon. Now, 60 workers have to visit all the homes affected to turn off their valve, resume flow to the house, then come […]
EAST CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – East Cleveland Mayor Gary Norton is expected to announce a massive layoff of city workers, including police and fire/EMS, at Tuesday night’s East Cleveland City Council meeting. 44% of police, 31% of firefighters and 44% of city service workers received layoff notices Tuesday. Mayor Norton will provide additional details during his public […]
WASHINGTON — Postal workers and their supporters plan to rally in congressional districts across the country Tuesday afternoon, hoping to convince their representatives that cuts being considered to the U.S. Postal Service’s system and workforce are unnecessary and counterproductive. So far, their argument has been drowned out amidst grave declarations of a financial crisis at […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – – In Cleveland, two daycare employees are charged with child endangering, after leaving a nine-month-old baby girl locked inside a closed daycare. It happened Wednesday evening at Nana Ella’s Daycare Center on St. Clair Avenue. 28-year-old Shana Manuel and 21-year-old Ebony Rush were the last employees to leave the daycare. Police […]
NEW YORK — Thousands of Verizon landline workers took to picket lines Monday from Massachusetts to Virginia, fighting management demands for contract givebacks and disputing that their work is unprofitable. Verizon Communication Inc. countered that its 45,000 unionized workers in the East should not expect the kind of compensation they were paid when the phone […]