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Wednesday, September 13, 2006
NWA strikers to receive benefits
NWA strikers to receive benefitsIn StarTribune.com Business
Thirteen months after their strike began, many Northwest Airlines mechanics will now get Minnesota unemployment benefits. The Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that Northwest locked out union mechanics, cleaners and custodians when the airline proposed pay cuts in August 2005 that averaged 25 percent. Some mechanics will receive up to $13,390 in benefits, said Lee Nelson, an attorney with the Minnesota unemployment insurance program. About 1,600 mechanics are affected by this ruling, but many mechanics won't receive the maximum benefit because they got full-time or part-time jobs duri
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