BUSINESS DIGEST || Community Day Expo for non-profits Sept. 18

Business Showcase

YOUNGSTOWN

The Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber is looking for local businesses to showcase themselves at the Sept. 17 Business Showcase.

The showcase will take place at Mr. Anthony’s, 7440 South Ave. It will be open to the public from noon to 4:30 p.m.

From 10:15 a.m. to noon, OutreachBEAT will have a networking brunch.

From 5 to 8 p.m., there will be an after-hours private Showcase Business event that will include a craft-beer competition and a best bacon dish competition.

To take part, registration and payment are required by Thursday. Registration forms are available at regionalchamber.com.

For more information, contact April Stanislaw at 330-744-2131, ext. 21.

Community Day Expo for nonprofits

BOARDMAN

Southern Park Mall will have a Community Day Expo from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sept. 18 at 7401 Market St..

Nonprofit groups will have the opportunity to recruit new volunteers, promote upcoming events and broaden their community ties. Participating organizations include: Hospice of the Valley, Life Skills High School of Youngstown, Mahoning County CASA/GAL Program, Mahoning County Veterans Service Commission, Recycling Division of Mahoning County, The Rich Center for Autism, YWCA of Youngstown and others.

Pact offer rejected

WARREN

Workers at Kmart Distribution Center, 541 Perkins Jones Road in Warren, recently voted down a contract offer.

Workers, who are represented by United Auto Workers Local 1112, have been in negotiations for about a month and a half.

UAW Local 1112 President Glenn Johnson said the workers had several issues with the contract.

The workers will take a strike-authorization vote this week, which would allow the union to go forward with a strike if necessary. Right now, there is no strike pending.

No drilling permits

COLUMBUS

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources issued no horizontal-drilling permits for the week of Aug. 23 through Aug. 29. There are a total of 21 rigs in the Utica shale play.

Hotel, airline fees

WASHINGTON

Airlines should clearly disclose the cost of change and cancellation fees, as well as the size of the plane’s seats, before a passenger buys a ticket, a federal panel said Tuesday.

Hotels also should be required to include any mandatory fees in their room rates, the Transportation Department’s Advisory Committee for Aviation Consumer Protections recommended.

Some hotels have begun adding mandatory resort and other fees to bills even though customers say they weren’t informed of them when they booked their rooms. Likewise, the four-member panel heard testimony that passengers must search to find the cost of change or cancellation fees that airlines hide in a ticket’s fine print.

Staff/wire reports