Dozens on picket line after job lossesBETHLEHEM, Pa. — Dozens of workers at a plant that makes marshmallow Peeps are back on the picket line after learning they permanently lost their jobs during the three-week strike.Most of the 400 employees at Just Born Quality Confections went back to their jobs Monday, ending the walkout.Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union Local 6 offered to continue working under an expired contract and the company agreed.Matt Pye, Just Born’s vice president of corporate affairs, says workers knew they could be replaced.Hank McKay, union president, says “there’s no rhyme or reason” to the company’s decision to permanently replace over 50 employees. That’s about 12 percent of the striking workers.

Uber, Lyft ordered to halt servicesPHILADELPHIA — A judge has ordered UberX and Lyft to stop operating their ride-hailing services in Philadelphia.An Uber spokesman says the company is reviewing the decision, and calls on state lawmakers to adopt a ridesharing bill “as soon as possible.”The order from Common Pleas Judge Linda Carpenter stems from a lawsuit filed by the president of the Taxi Workers Alliance of Philadelphia and others in July.State lawmakers gave the ride-hailing services temporary authorization to operate in Philadelphia in advance of the Democratic National Convention later that month, making the suit null. However, that legislation expired last week.The order states the companies could be held in contempt of court if they continue to operate.A Lyft spokeswoman says they are also reviewing the decision.The House does not reconvene until Oct. 17.

Ford Australia shutters plantCANBERRA, Australia — Ford Motor Co. ended 91 years of car manufacturing in Australia today, with the last two Australian car makers due to close their doors next year.Ford Australia said it built the world’s last six-cylinder, rear-wheel drive Falcon XR6 at its Broadmeadows plant in Melbourne and 600 employees lost their jobs, the company said.About 3.5 million Falcons, once Australians’ most popular, have been built since 1960, although few have been exported.Perhaps the most famous was a black 1973 XB GT Ford Falcon Coupe that became the Interceptor driven by Mel Gibson’s character in the 1981 movie “The Road Warrior.”