REGION

REGION

Group seeks creation of more ‘green jobs’

NILES — A group called for more focus on creating “green jobs” at a press conference Wednesday at the Amweld Building Products plant in Niles, which closed recently. The United Steelworkers, Sierra Club, Natural Resources Defense Council and the Blue Green Alliance kicked off a national campaign that calls for a commitment to renewable energy, which it says would create more than 820,000 new jobs.

“The time for a national push for renewable energy is now,” said USW International President Leo W. Gerard. About 250 workers lost their jobs when Amweld recently moved its production to Mexico.

Workers OK contract at Mountaineer Casino

CHESTER, W.Va. — Some 200 workers at West Virginia’s Mountaineer Casino Racetrack Resort have approved a new contract and are ready to return to work. Members of Local 23 of the United Food Commercial Workers voted Wednesday to accept the new three-year contract. The walkout by union cashiers, slot technicians and money room workers had centered on disputes over wages and health care.

NATION

Toyota recalls U.S. cars with faulty window bolts

WASHINGTON — Toyota Motor Corp. is recalling 539,500 Corolla and Matrix passenger cars in the United States because the bolts in the power window system can become loose and ultimately cause a window to shatter. The recall involves 2003-04 model year Corolla and Matrix vehicles equipped with power windows.

American Axle, UAW resume contract talks

DETROIT — Formal negotiations have resumed between American Axle and Manufacturing Holdings Inc. and the United Auto Workers union to end the six-week strike at the auto parts maker.

American Axle spokeswoman Renee Rogers says full bargaining teams for both sides began talking Wednesday morning and continued into the afternoon. Full bargaining teams had not met since March 10.

From Vindicator staff and wire reports