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In an update to AMFA members Sunday, spokesman Jeff Mathews said the negotiating committee agreed to Northwest's targets on layoffs and pay cuts, but the sticking point was severance packages for the workers who will be laid off. AMFA asked for 20 weeks of severance pay, but the company refused to pay more than 16 weeks, Mathews said. (MPR file photo)

In an update to AMFA members Sunday, spokesman Jeff Mathews said the negotiating committee agreed to Northwest's targets on layoffs and pay cuts, but the sticking point was severance packages for the workers who will be laid off. AMFA asked for 20 weeks of severance pay, but the company refused to pay more than 16 weeks, Mathews said.

(MPR file photo)
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