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Raytheon Strikers Receive Congressmans Support in Fight for Job Security.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, August, 2000 by Kerber, Ross
Aug. 29--ANDOVER, Mass.--Workers striking against Raytheon Co. outlined demands for more job-security guarantees and gained backing from an influential congressman yesterday in their action against the Lexington-based defense contractor.
Raytheon said its four-year contract offer remains on the table, but no talks were scheduled as of yesterday evening.
The strike began Sunday on a vote by the union representing 2,700 Bay State manufacturing employees. It has become a showdown between Raytheon, which has posted a string of financial disappointments since last year, and labor leaders anxious to protect a shrinking work force.
Ten years ago, Local 1505 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers had nearly 10,000 members. But the...
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