Roanoke Times
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DATE: THURSDAY, August 5, 1993 TAG: 9308050099
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YPSILANTI, Mich. - General Motors Corp. has the right close its Willow Run assembly plant and lay off 4,500 workers, a state appellate court ruled Wednesday
The Michigan Court of Appeals said GM's acceptance of $13.5 million in local tax abatements doesn't mean the automaker promised to keep the plant open indefinitely.
Ypsilanti Township officials, who sought to force GM to keep the plant running, said after the ruling they expected all along to take the case to the Michigan Supreme Court.
GM said in February 1992 it was closing the plant and shifting production of large rear-wheel-drive cars to Arlington, Texas.
Ypsilanti Township, which granted it property tax abatements in 1984 and 1988, sued in April 1992. - Associated Press
\ Union OKs trimming brakemen from CSX
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - CSX Transportation Inc. said this week the United Transportation Union has ratified an agreement to eliminate brakemen positions on the former Chesapeake & Ohio portion of its system.
CSXT will be allowed to operate freight trains with only a conductor and engineer on the former C&O system, about one-tenth of the CSX system. The agreement covers all or portions of Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Virginia and West Virginia. Affected employees may elect to receive a voluntary separation package totaling $80,000. - Associated Press
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