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Threat prompts pay, plant cutbacks at Douglas Aeros work
Douglas Aircraft Co. in Long Beach and other Southern California plants received notices late Wednesday ordering payment of retroactive cost‑of‑living wage increases. UAW locals in Long Beach and IAM locals in Torrance Huntington Beach and Santa Monica threatened a wildcat strike. The Pay Board approved a 34 cent hourly increase back to July 19 to be paid on February 11. Lockheed Georgia Co. to close four subassembly plants this year as demand drops. plants in Martinsburg West Virginia Uniontown Pennsylvania Logan Ohio Chattanooga Tennessee will wind down operations with hundreds displaced.
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Douglas Corp
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Douglas Aircraft Co
Long Beach
Marietta, Ga
Lockheed Georgia Co
Lockheed
L. O. Kitchen
Chattanooga
US Air Force
Uniontown
Martinsburg
Logan