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UPS pilots rattle sabers, Blue scouts in Cuba, and Funtown’s up for grabs

The latest news about big Louisville employers; updated frequently.

UPS pilots are raising the pressure on the shipping giant, opening a strike operations center in south Louisville as contract talks grind on after five years. Under federal law governing airline labor contracts, the more than 2,600 pilots can’t strike, and UPS can’t lock them out unless mediators declared an impasse (CJ).

In other news, high-profile Louisville investor Jonathan Blue is scouting for broadcasters and other entertainers in Cuba under a deal he signed yesterday (USA Today). Roadside attraction Funtown Mountain‘s shops, mini-golf and haunted hotel hits the auction block tomorrow; Louisville entrepreneur Will Russell bought the property only last year, but later ran into legal and health problems (WDRB).

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Our next request: an oven that automatically bakes us a cake

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GE logoUPS was dealt a blow yesterday when a Fayette Circuit Court jury awarded $5.3 million in damages to eight black men who sued the shipping giant in 2014, claiming a hostile work environment in Lexington. (Herald-Leader.) FORD showed off 11 new Escape models made exclusively at the Louisville Assembly Plant. (Insider Louisville.) And GE has introduced a refrigerator with a water pitcher that automatically refills itself.

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Just think about all the tips we’ll save on pizza deliveries

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PAPA JOHN’s and PIZZA HUT: As consumers get more comfortable with autonomous delivery — robots to you and me — a restaurant industry that already uses cutting edge logistics services could start adding delivery robots in the coming decade. Indeed, Domino’s — arch rival to Papa John’s and Pizza Hut — is already giving a trial run to its “DRU” robot in Australia; watch Domino’s Robotic Unit video. DRU follows Domino’s introduction last October of a delivery van equipped with a special warming oven that’s easily accessed from outside.

TEXAS ROADHOUSE is adding bee hives at its corporate offices on Dutchmans Lane, a symbolic step drawing attention to the nation’s beleaguered bee colonies. (C-J).

In other news, University of Louisville said today it’s raised another $12 million for the planned $50 million Papa John’s Stadium expansion. (Card Game)

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Ford survives crash tests, and a hotelier may now be a neighbor

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PAPA JOHN’S denies an Illinois man’s claims in a lawsuit that the pizza giant is unlawfully collecting sales taxes. More Papa news.

HUMANA accidentally told 12,000 Texas customers it wouldn’t cover their medicines, including allergy treatments, because they weren’t FDA-approved (Business First).

BROWN-FORMAN is rolling out its first new bourbon in 20 years, a premium whiskey called Coopers’ Craft (WDRB). Watch video.

FORD‘s 2016 F-150 is the only full-size pickup truck to score the top rating in new front crash tests (WDRB). Ford’s stock.

In other news, coal giant Peabody Energy enters bankruptcy;  pre-market shares plunge more than 70%. The Louisville Metro Planning Commission late last night OK’d Airbnb and other short-term residential rentals. (CJ).

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A surprise at Appliance Park, and cutting risk at Texas Roadhouse

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GE: Qingdao Haier Co., is — get this — adding jobs at Appliance Park, which the China-based company agreed to buy from GE in a $5.4 billion deal in January. New owners often do the opposite: cutting upper management jobs. But Qingdao says it needs the 85 new jobs to create a standalone company. (Courier-Journal).

TEXAS ROADHOUSE operators have a direct line to the 483-location Louisville-based restaurant chain’s risk management chief. Patrick Sterling’s so serious about his job, he keeps photos of his risk management team alongside those of his three daughters. (Business Insurance.)

Caldwell's Quirky CookeryIn other news, the Russell neighborhood hopes to grow 100 new businesses with a kitchen incubator backed by the Community Foundation of Louisville, the James Graham Brown Foundation and other philanthropic groups. Already, Chef Space is home to 20 small businesses, from Caldwell’s Quirky Cookery to Younique Soul (Broken Sidewalk).

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Former Papa franchiser gets Innocents home job; predecessor earned $273K

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PAPA JOHN’S: A former franchise owner of the pizza chain has been named CEO of the Home of the Innocents, which serves neglected and medically fragile children. Paul Robinson owned and operated 19 Papa John’s Pizza franchises in Florida, since been sold. His predecessor, Gordon Brown, is retiring. The agency didn’t say what Robinson would be paid; Brown got $273,000 in fiscal 2014, according to Guidestar’s latest tax return. Annual expenses were $31.2 million that year. The Home’s board of directors. Papa John’s itself has had a tough year; at $55, shares are down more than 9% vs. a 1% dip in the S&P 500. More Papa news.

GE‘s counter-punch against Democratic White House candidate Bernie Sanders deemed “ill-advised.” Sanders had slammed GE for tax avoidance as an example of corporate greed.