Alejandra Cancino

As organized labor's membership declines, unions are developing new allies in their efforts to build a bridge to service workers: community groups and worker centers. Such partnerships were on display...

Navistar International Corp. said on Tuesday that it will offer engines from a competitor in its medium-duty trucks and school buses. "The (engines from Cummins Inc.) will complement our existing...

Deere & Co. on Wednesday said its third-quarter profit rose 26 percent, beating analysts' expectations, due to strong sales of its farm equipment in North and South America. But Moline-based...

Illinois Tool Works Inc. on Wednesday said it acquired a Chinese manufacturer of Western-style commercial kitchen equipment. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The Glenview-based diversified manufacturer purchased Gold...

A group representing four dozen workers fined for crossing the picket line during a strike last summer against Caterpillar has dropped most of the charges it filed on their behalf....

Peoria-based Caterpillar Inc. on Monday said it signed a definitive agreement to buy Johan Walter Berg AB, a Swedish manufacturer of marine propulsion systems and controls for ships. Terms of...

Navistar International Corp. said Thursday it named General Motors executive Walter G. Borst as its new chief financial officer. Borst, 51, will succeed Andrew J. Cederoth, whose departure was announced...

Caterpillar workers in South Milwaukee, Wis., on Tuesday ratified a contract they said it was slightly better than the one the earth-moving equipment maker offered in late April. "With negotiations...