LABOR DISPUTE: Plant workers await severance packages Detroit Free Press
Collins & Aikman Corp.'s hourly workers at its Westland plant said they were promised severance packages during an October 2005 meeting because their plant was scheduled to close the following year. But a year later, they have not received those checks.
Mechanics settle strike against NWA Detroit Free Press
The nearly 15-month-long mechanics strike at Northwest Airlines Inc. ended Monday when striking workers voted to accept a settlement that offers at most 10 weeks' severance pay and jobs only as positions open.
Mechanics OK NWA contract Pioneer Press
Striking mechanics and cleaners at Northwest Airlines have ended their 15-month strike, approving a pact that allows members to get in line for future job openings and doubles the severance pay if they go away.
Shortfall won't affect severance pay The Flint Journal
MT. MORRIS - Former Mt. Morris City Manager Reid Charles, who was ousted in August by a council dissatisfied with his performance, will continue to receive severance pay from the city throughout the end of the year, the council decided Monday night.
Fired authority employees get 2 months severance pay Daytona Beach News-Journal
DELAND -- In an effort to be more thrifty with taxpayer money, the West Volusia Hospital Authority fired its two employees and hired an accounting firm to collect and disburse tax dollars to local health care providers.
Mechanics vote to end NWA strike Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune
The 15-month mechanics strike at Northwest Airlines finally ended Monday, and labor analysts said the conflict provided painful lessons about the dangers an independent union runs in striking a company with an arsenal of replacement workers at the ready. About 72 percent of striking members voted to end the strike, approving a deal that provides 10 weeks of separation pay for those who resign and
Northwest mechanics approve contract, ending 15-month strike Los Angeles Times
MINNEAPOLIS — The 15-month-old mechanics strike against Northwest Airlines Corp. ended Monday, with union approval of a new contract that won't restore most of the strikers' lost jobs.
D.O.C workers worried about jobs after takeover Detroit Free Press
Some employees at D.O.C Optics Corp. headquarters in Southfield are worried that the company's sale to an Italian company will leave them without jobs. The company employs about 100 people at the corporate office and about 700 at its stores, said Richard Golden, chief executive officer.
PRG-Schultz turnaround continues in Q3 BizJournals
PRG-Schultz International Inc. cut its losses in the third quarter, despite $4.5 million in charges.
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