Bloomberg BHP Billiton Ltd. has sent a formal request to meet with union leaders at the world’s largest copper mine in Chile, the first attempt to meet since talks failed on February 20, the company said in an emailed statement. BHP wants to propose a new wage offer that includes improvements in several areas that the union has said ...

  Bloomberg Uber Technologies Inc. failed to persuade a judge to approve a settlement offering 1.6 million California drivers an average of $1.08 each to dispense with alleged labor-code violations that their lawyer earlier claimed might have been worth billions of dollars. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Maren Nelson issued a tentative ruling rejecting a deal aimed at resolving one ...

  Bloomberg Less than two weeks after United Continental Holdings Inc. said it was done being a “docile competitor,” American Airlines Group Inc. signaled it’s no pushover, either. American is adding seven new routes from Chicago to midsize US cities starting July 5, President Robert Isom said in a letter to employees late. Chicago also got the most new service ...