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Renville County may not be able to provide funds to the Voluntary Employee Benefits Association accounts of all employees at the top of wage scale as hoped.
If a proposal to implement a 5% pay scale progression is approved for Renville County employees, the increase in wages would not apply to elected officials.
Without government intervention, one or more of the Big Three automobile manufacturers General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler faces restructuring in bankruptcy. bankruptcy would not be the end of the Big Three but a new beginning. Coming out of bankruptcy, the automakers would start fresh, free of the contractual obligations that have kept them uncompetitive. The United Auto Workers (UAW) and Detroit automakers want to avoid bankruptcy and are seeking a taxpayer bailout.