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AA has a union agreement, Disneyland doesn't; Not enough newborns to justify L&D; No surprise: Biden drops out.
Plus more bite size news about business in Tarrant County.
The union representing American Airlines' 28,000 flight attendants has a tentative labor agreement with the company. It says the deal addresses concerns about compensation, work rules and retroactive pay. After more than three years of negotiations, the tentative agreement will go to the union’s board for review. Once the board approves the deal, members will vote on ratifying it.
Unions representing more than 14,000 Disneyland workers said members voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike for higher wages and better working conditions. The unions reported a 99% membership vote, which comes two days after more than 1,000 Disneyland cast members and supporters staged a protest of unfair labor practices at the California park.
President Joe Biden, 81, announced he has ended his presidential re-election campaign, scrambling the race for the White House less than four months before Election Day. The President backed Vice President Kamala Harris to replace him as the Democratic nominee.
Walt Bettinger, CEO of Westlake-based Charles Schwab, sits down with Jim Cramer to talk quarterly results. Schwab shares sunk last week.
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema announced it will re-open all its theaters in the D-FW area by the end of August. This follows the franchisee's Chapter 7 bankruptcy filing and subsequent acquisition by Sony Pictures Entertainment.
Hillwood announced its latest master-planned community will center around Pilot Knob in Denton, featuring more than 3,000 acres of residential and mixed-use space and 1,000 acres of outdoor space. The land was purchased in 1987. The Dallas Business Journal has a closer look.
Keller's Addie Gundry, founder and CEO of Pluie, was an honorable mention in the Fund Her Future competition, presented by Block Advisors by H&R Block. Challenged by changing diapers in public bathrooms, she created a patent-protected, self-sanitizing changing station. Her prize was $12,500 and a year of small business services from Block Advisors.
Notable and quotable: "If I talk to my members, large and small, from the airlines to engineering firms to the brake shop on the corner, the number one challenge that they are facing is workforce and talent; attracting and retaining a skilled workforce, across the board."
A partnership between the Fort Worth Food + Wine Foundation and Southern Smoke, a national nonprofit, will provide financial help and mental health services to food and beverage workers in Tarrant County and beyond. Southern Smoke was founded in 2015 by James Beard award-winning chef Chris Shepherd. Deborah Ferguson at NBC 5 has the story.
A low number of deliveries led Texas Health to decide to close its labor and delivery services in Cleburne at the end of next month.
Roanoke updated its Play It Forward sports complex on Facebook. The complex will have 122 acres of sports fields, dining, and retail space off Cleveland Gibbs and Hwy 114. Retail opportunities are available.
Fort Worth-based Mr. Gatti’s Pizza announced plans to open 92 locations in Walmart stores in Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Kentucky. The first dozen in-store locations will open in north Texas and southern Oklahoma before the end of the year.
A report of a crash in Bali involving a PK-WSP Bell 505 helicopter with a pilot and four passengers is being blamed on entanglement with kite string. All five survived.
The Department of Defense resumed acceptance of F-35 Joint Strike Fighter deliveries with updated systems from Lockheed Martin, ending a full-year freeze that saw an increasing number of new jets stuck in Fort Worth.
Did you know CrowdStrike, which unleashed the security outage last week that affected 8.5 million Microsoft devices, is located in Austin?
Community leader and non-profit advisor for five decades, James Holcomb has passed. He was days shy of his 92nd birthday.
Daily digit: 43% -- People in Gen Z or millennial generations who say they would answer the front door if a stranger knocked at it, compared to 55 percent among baby boomers and 68 percent among the Silent Generation above them.
“For heaven’s sake. You’re retired. Give it up!”
Announcements:
Collin County: Hires Tarrant's Assistant County Administrator Russell Schaffner as Deputy Administrator.
Resurrection Brands: Hires Guynell Whetstone as VP of Sales-On Premise.
Operio Group: Hires Deb Blackwell as Chief Revenue Officer.
Vita Health Staffing: Hires Susan Bishara as recruiter.
United Pickleball Association: Adds George Killebrew as Chief Revenue Officer.
Texas Public Health Association: Awards James E. Peavy Memorial Award to Dr. Subi Gandhi of Tarleton State for significant contributions to the advancement of public health knowledge.
TCU swimming and diving: Adds Greyson Heckman to coaching staff.
Chicotsky Real Estate Group: Promotes David Chicotsky to Principal at God Bless Retirement.
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