UAW members win severance settlement at ZF Boge; lawsuit continues against illegal plant closing.

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PARIS, Ill. -- Members of UAW Local 2343 will finally get the vacation pay and retention bonuses they were promised as a result of a settlement agreement announced today between auto parts manufacturer ZF Boge and the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB.)

The settlement is a result of three separate unfair labor practice charges filed by the UAW regarding unpaid severance. It will not affect the union's ongoing breach of contract lawsuit against ZF Boge in U.S. District Court.

The union's lawsuit, which remains pending in the U.S. District Court in Urbana, Ill., claims that the company's June 2008 decision to close its Paris manufacturing facility violates the terms of a May 2007 agreement between UAW members and ZF Boge. Union members had granted concessions in exchange for a specific promise from the company to keep the plant open.

Instead, the company reversed course after implementing the concessions agreed to by the members of Local 2343 and announced that the Paris plant would close, with work being moved to a non-union facility in Hebron, Ky.

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