NWA to Hire 200 Groundworkers

Bankrupt Northwest Airlines Corp. announced Monday that it would hire 200 ground workers to handle baggage, de-ice planes and push aircraft among other tasks.

The new jobs would be based in Minneapolis.

The company said it needed to hire additional groundworkers due to attrition and some mild growth in operations. The jobs, some part-time and some full-time, pay $9 an hour, or a base salary of $18,720 for full-time workers for the first year.

The company planned a job fair today at the Mall of America in Bloomington.

In North Dakota, Northwest ground operations in Bismarck, Fargo, Grand Forks and Minot are being taken over by other companies.

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