Former Northern States Beef workers may be awarded $1 million ConAgra violated state's plant closing law, judge has ruled

From: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI) | Date: May 3, 1996| Author: | Copyright information

A Nebraska-based meat processor may owe nearly $1 million in lost wages to 346 former employees at its northern Wisconsin facility because it illegally shut down the plant, a state agency said Thursday.

ConAgra Corp., of Omaha, violated the state's plant closing law by not providing workers at Northern States Beef, in Edgar, with a 60-day notice that the plant would close, Marathon County Circuit Judge Vincent Howard has ruled.

The state is asking the court to require that ConAgra pay 60 days' wages to employees; $30,000 in penalties to the Village of Edgar; and undetermined civil ...

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