Oct 14 1994
From The Space Library
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More than 700 Space Shuttle support personnel at NASA's Kennedy Space Center had been on strike for 15 weeks in a labor dispute with contractor EG&G Corporation. The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, the labor union representing the striking workers, said negotiations were deadlocked over an EG&G demand to limit health insurance benefits for its employees. NASA denied charges that safety had been compromised during the three Shuttle flights launched since the strike began July 5. On October 21 negotiators reached a tentative agreement in their meeting at the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service headquarters in Washington, DC. The contract proposal covered health insurance, wages, and pensions. The contract remained to be approved by three EG&G sub-contractors and then ratified by the striking union members. (Defense Daily, Oct 14/94; AP, Oct 21/94)
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