Sep 19, 2009

MSJ: Mercury Managers Sue for Unpaid Bonuses

John Schmid has a piece in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel on mid-level managers at Mercury Marine in Fond du Lac unhappy about unpaid bonuses. Reports Schmid:

As union workers at Mercury Marine fought over contract concessions meant to save hundreds of jobs in Wisconsin, the company's midlevel managers filed a lawsuit over unpaid bonuses.

The class-action lawsuit, filed last month in federal court, argues that the Fond du Lac-based outboard-engine maker failed to pay $7 million in bonuses to roughly 100 managers. According to the suit, senior Mercury executives instructed lower level managers in April 2008 to implement a cost-savings program and assured managers that they would receive 10% of whatever savings they managed to achieve as an incentive.

The suit names Brunswick Corp., Mercury's parent company, as defendant. Brunswick cancelled bonuses despite repeated assurances that the managers were entitled to a 'self-funded bonus program,' said Gregory Gill Sr., the attorney representing the managers.

One wonders how much of the cost-savings concessions the union gave back on its contract will be paid in bonuses to the workers.

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