Gaydos v. White Motor Corporation

Complaint by John Gaydos and others against White Motor Corporation for payment of severance pay. Judgment for plaintiffs.
Defendant appeals and 12 plaintiffs cross-appeal. The plaintiffs, numbering 135, in this action were former employees of defendant White Motor Corporation. They had been employed
by defendant for a period of at least six months prior to July 1, 1971. They were employees of what was designated as the
P.E.C. Unit, a part of the Diamond Reo Truck Division of defendant. That unit maintained facilities in Chicago, Illinois,
and in Lansing, Michigan. Thirty-six of the plaintiffs were employed in Lansing and the remainder in Chicago.