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Personal Injury & Torts

Jul. 16, 2010

NUMMI Workers Sue Over Severance

A group of former employees of the Toyota manufacturing plant in Fremont that closed down this spring sued Wednesday, claiming they were not offered the same severance options as everyone else.

By Rebecca Beyer

Daily Journal Staff Writer

OAKLAND - Just before the Toyota manufacturing plant in Fremont closed down this spring, the company announced a $280 million severance package to compensate the nearly 5,000 employees who made vehicles there.

But, according to a class action filed Wednesday in federal court in the Northern District of California, employees who had been injured and were on leave before the shutdown we...

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