Turnpike lays off 20 toll collectors

Severance pay will cut into savings

By Noah Bierman

Globe Staff / December 12, 2008

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Layoff notices have been sent to 20 toll collectors at the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority, as the beleaguered agency began an effort to reduce its ranks by 100. But the agency may not save much money in the first year, because of a generous contract that will give laid-off workers six months of health benefits and compensation for four times their ... (Full article: 407 words)