The city council is thinking green - as in green-collar jobs from a solar manufacturing plant in East Tampa's community redevelopment area. ...more

March 13, 2009

The city council is thinking green – as in green-collar jobs from a solar manufacturing plant in East Tampa's community redevelopment area. ...more

March 12, 2009

Immigration agents this week conducted their first work-site raid since President Barack Obama took office, but it was news to their boss, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, who on Wednesday ordered a review of the action. ...more

February 25, 2009

An East Tampa nonprofit organization is under scrutiny from the city after falling short on a plan to create new jobs with a $250,000 federal development grant. ...more

December 25, 2008

Union representatives for workers at a Plant City manufacturing plant said the company has locked the gates on the facility, putting 160 people out of a job. ...more

October 15, 2008

Auto parts manufacturer Lear Corp. plans to relocate much of the work now being done at its Tampa manufacturing plant to Mexico and China, according to the president of the local United Auto Workers chapter. ...more

September 12, 2008

The Tampa Bay area will lose 325 jobs and one of its higher-profile manufacturers next year when auto parts maker Lear Corp. shuts its Tampa manufacturing plant. ...more

September 11, 2008

TAMPA Lear Corp., a major U.S. auto parts maker, will shut its Tampa manufacturing plant by September 2009, a move that will eliminate 325 jobs. ...more

September 10, 2008

Union bosses in this region of rural Mississippi long have grumbled that the largest factories here hire illegal immigrants, and the immigrants have been starting to get more overtime and supervisory positions. ...more

August 28, 2008

TAMPA A bioengineering research company that could create 100 high-paying jobs now and more later is a step closer to setting up shop on the University of South Florida's campus. ...more

July 16, 2008