Josh Funk

AP Business Writer

Buffett's Berkshire Keeps Buying Occidental Petroleum Stock

Berkshire bought nearly 5.9 million more shares on Monday and Tuesday.

A cutout of Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett greets shareholders at the Pampered Chef booth at the company's annual meeting, Friday, APril 29, 2022, in Omaha, Neb.. Tens of thousands of shareholders are expected Saturday to attend the company's first in-person meeting since the pandemic began.

Warren Buffett Tells Shareholders About Spending $51 billion

He didn't reveal everything he bought but did mention several highlights.

Striking Kellogg's workers stand outside the company's cereal plant in Omaha, Neb., on Dec. 2, 2021. Several hundred workers at a Kellogg's plant that makes Cheez-Its won a new contract, Wednesday, March 30, 2022, that delivers more than 15% wage increases over three years after 1,400 workers at the company's cereal plants went on strike for nearly three months last fall.

Big Raises for Kellogg Workers

They come after a spate of strikes.

Meatpacking giant JBS has agreed to a $52.5 million settlement in a beef price-fixing lawsuit, Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022, that some say supports their concerns about how the lack of competition in the industry affects prices.

Beef Giant JBS to Pay $52.5M to Settle Price-Fixing Lawsuit

JBS didn't admit any wrongdoing as part of the settlement.

Judge Says BNSF Unions Can't Strike Over New Attendance Rule

The unions said the new rule would provide an incentive for workers to come in when they are sick.

Contract talks between the major freight railroads and their unions are headed to mediation this week after the unions declared an impasse after more than two years of negotiations with the major freight railroads.

Railroad Contract Talks Head for Mediation After Impasse

The railroads are still seeking concessions.

BNSF railroad wants a federal judge to prevent two of its unions from going on strike next month over a new attendance policy that would penalize employees for missing work.

BNSF Railroad Tries to Block 17,000 Workers from Striking

Union officials say a new policy could encourage workers to show up when they are sick.

Striking Kellogg's workers Michael Rodarte, Sue Griffin, Michael Elliott, Eric Bates and Mark Gonzalez stand outside the Omaha, NE cereal plant on Dec. 2, 2021.

Kellogg's and Striking Workers Reach Tentative New Deal

The 1,400 striking union members will vote on the new offer Sunday.

NioCorp Chief Operating Officer Scott Honan tells a group of investors during a tour of the site on Oct. 6, 2021, about the plans for a proposed mine near Elk Creek in southeast Nebraska. The company hopes to build the mine to extract several critical minerals, if it can raise $1 billion.

Proposed Nebraska Mine Might Produce More Rare Elements

It could produce key ingredients needed to make powerful magnets used in electric vehicles.

Members of the United Auto Workers strike outside of a John Deere plant, Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021, in Ankeny, Iowa.

Strike Ends as Deere Workers Approve 3rd Contract Offer

The UAW union said 61% of its members approved the deal.

AP Photo/Grant Schulte, File

Kellogg's Sues Striking Cereal Workers

Striking workers are allegedly blocking entrances and intimidating replacement workers.

A BNSF railroad train hauling carloads of coal from the Powder River Basin of Montana and Wyoming is seen east of Hardin, Mont., on July 15, 2020. BNSF Railway has gone to court to determine whether it has the authority to require all its employees to get vaccinated against the coronavirus.

Railroads Fight with Unions in Court over Vaccine Mandates

The unions argue the railroads should have negotiated with them.