Plymouth, Minn.-The Mosaic Co. laid off 140 Florida mine workers on Friday, Aug. 20. The workers were part of the 221 on a WARN notice Mosaic issued back in July (GM July 19, p. 1) due to an injunction that keeps the company from proceeding with phosphate rock mining at South Fort Meade. The workers, who were idle, will still be paid through the duration of the notice period, which ends Sept. 10. More workers are expected to be laid off in coming weeks but are currently being retained for mothballing of facilities and shipping existing rock.
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