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*IT IS A SAD DAY FOR OUR LOCAL WITH THE FOLLOWING*
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*IT IS A SAD DAY FOR OUR LOCAL WITH THE FOLLOWING* ---------------------------
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***ANNOUNCEMENT BY BRIGGS & STRATTON:*
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***ANNOUNCEMENT BY BRIGGS & STRATTON:* ---------------------------------------
*A 60-day WARN notice [1]* will be issued today. The Turf and Consumers group or the Home Maintenance group will be moved to Munnsville, NY, by the end of August 2020. This is the Tractors, Mowers, and Pressure Washers. The company also stated the Pressure Washers may be moved to a supplier. *About 200 permanent bargaining unit jobs will be affected.* The WARN notice will go out to all of the employees who work in this area even though they may remain based on seniority. The company held in plant meetings today 6/26/20, starting at 1:00 pm. This is job elimination and all moves will be done based on the contract.
*A 60-day WARN notice [1]* will be issued today. The Turf and Consumers group or the Home Maintenance group will be moved to Munnsville, NY, by the end of August 2020. This is the Tractors, Mowers, and Pressure Washers. The company also stated the Pressure Washers may be moved to a supplier. *About 200 permanent bargaining unit jobs will be affected.* The WARN notice will go out to all of the employees who work in this area even though they may remain based on seniority. The company held in plant meetings today 6/26/20, starting at 1:00 pm. This is job elimination and all moves will be done based on the contract.
*A 60-day WARN notice [1]* will be issued today.The Turf and Consumers group or the Home Maintenance group will be moved to Munnsville, NY, by the end of August 2020.This is the Tractors, Mowers, and Pressure Washers. The company also stated the Pressure Washers may be moved to a supplier. About 200 permanent bargaining unit jobs will be affected. The WARN notice will go out to all of the employees who work in this area even though they may remain based on seniority. The company held in plant meetings today 6/26/20, starting at 1:00 pm.This is job elimination and all moves will be done based on the contract.The company started Engines and Components, Stand By Generators, GDC, and MFDC, Motor Sports, and Test Applications will be staying for now. The company may also sell the Burleigh Facility and lease the space that it needs to operate. The company plans to add a second shift in Stand By Generators. The jobs will be posted Monday, June 29, 20. The vacation shut down also starts Monday, June 29, 20. The Union will continue to update it's members when more information is available.
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*A 60-day WARN notice [1]* will be issued today. The Turf and Consumers group or the Home Maintenance group will be moved to Munnsville, NY, by the end of August 2020. This is the Tractors, Mowers, and Pressure Washers. The company also stated the Pressure Washers may be moved to a supplier. *About 200 permanent bargaining unit jobs will be affected.* The WARN notice will go out to all of the employees who work in this area even though they may remain based on seniority. The company held in plant meetings today 6/26/20, starting at 1:00 pm. This is job elimination and all moves will be done based on the contract.The...
A 60-day WARN notice will be issued today. The Turf and Consumers group or the Home Maintenance group will be moved to Munnsville, NY, by the end of August 2020. This is the Tractors, Mowers, and Pressure Washers. The company also stated the Pressure Washers may be moved to a supplier. About 200 permanent bargaining unit jobs will be affected. The WARN notice will go out to all of the employees who work in this area even though they may remain based on seniority. The company held in plant meetings today 6/26/20, starting at 1:00 pm. This is job elimination and all moves will be done based on the contract.
The company started Engines and Components, Stand By Generators, GDC, and MFDC, Motor Sports, and Test Applications will be staying for now.
The company may also sell the Burleigh Facility and lease the space that it needs to operate. The company plans to add a second shift in Stand By Generators. The jobs will be posted Monday, June 29, 20.
The vacation shut down also starts Monday, June 29, 20.
The Union will continue to update it's members when more information is available.
n March, Donald Trump signed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act, which provided cash payments of $1,200 [1]to about 150 million households needing help with day-to-day expenses.
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In March, Donald Trump signed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act, which provided cash payments of $1,200 [1]to about 150 million households needing help with day-to-day expenses.
Yet that was peanuts compared to the “millionaires’ giveaway” that Senate Republicans snuck into the legislation [2]. Buried in the bill was language giving 43,000 of the nation’s richest people an average tax break of $1.6 million each. [3]
Yet that was peanuts compared to the “millionaires’ giveaway” that Senate Republicans snuck into the legislation [2]. Buried in the bill was language giving 43,000 of the nation’s richest people an average tax break of $1.6 million each. [3]
This corporate charity allows real estate developers, hedge fund owners and other financiers [4] to use business losses from past years—losses that have nothing to do with COVID-19 and exist largely on paper—to [5]reap huge refunds.
This corporate charity allows real estate developers, hedge fund owners and other financiers [4] to use business losses from past years—losses that have nothing to do with COVID-19 and exist largely on paper—to [5]reap huge refunds.
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Millionaires and billionaires, some of whom rode out the pandemic in the comfort of yachts [6] and secluded island retreats [7], need no relief. But they’ll gladly loot the public treasury at the expense of Americans who kept government offices open [8], worked in factories [9] or did other essential work before losing their jobs in the economic downturn.
In March, Donald Trump signed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act, which provided cash payments of $1,200 to about 150 million households needing help with day-to-day expenses.
No longer. Most companies eliminated defined-benefit plans providing a reliable income stream and implemented 401(k) plans that leave workers at the mercy of stock market volatility, like the kind that rattled investors this week and crushed workers in 2008. No longer. Most companies eliminated defined-benefit plans providing a reliable income stream and implemented 401(k) plans that leave workers at the mercy of stock market volatility, like the kind that rattled investors this week and crushed workers in 2008.
No longer. Most companies eliminated defined-benefit plans providing a reliable income stream and implemented 401(k) plans that leave workers at the mercy of stock market volatility, like the kind that rattled investors this week and crushed workers in 2008. No longer. Most companies eliminated defined-benefit plans providing a reliable income stream and implemented 401(k) plans that leave workers at the mercy of stock market volatility, like the kind that rattled investors this week and crushed workers in 2008.
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No longer.
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Most companies eliminated defined-benefit plans providing a reliable income stream and implemented 401(k) plans that leave workers at the mercy of stock market volatility,
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like the kind that rattled investors this week and crushed workers in 2008.No longer. Most companies eliminated defined-benefit plans providing a reliable income stream and implemented 401(k) plans that leave workers at the mercy of stock market volatility, like the kind that rattled investors this week and crushed workers in 2008.
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No longer. Most companies eliminated defined-benefit plans providing a reliable income stream and implemented 401(k) plans that leave workers at the mercy of stock market volatility, like the kind that rattled investors this week and crushed workers in 2008.No longer. Most companies eliminated defined-benefit plans providing a reliable income stream and implemented 401(k)...