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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000950135-98-003851.txt : 19980616
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000950135-98-003851
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	19980613
ITEM INFORMATION:		
FILED AS OF DATE:		19980615
SROS:			NYSE

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			NORTEK INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000072423
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	AIR COND & WARM AIR HEATING EQUIP & COMM & INDL REFRIG EQUIP [3585]
		IRS NUMBER:				050314991
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-06112
		FILM NUMBER:		98648601

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		50 KENNEDY PLZ
		CITY:			PROVIDENCE
		STATE:			RI
		ZIP:			02903
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4017511600

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		50 KENNEDY PLAZA
		CITY:			PROVIDENCE
		STATE:			RI
		ZIP:			02903
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<DESCRIPTION>NORTEK, INC.
<TEXT>

<PAGE>   1


                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                      
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                                   FORM 8-K
                                      
                                Current Report
                                 Pursuant to
                            Section 13 or 15(d) of
                     The Securities Exchange Act of 1934


       Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): June 13, 1998


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                                 NORTEK, INC.
            (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)


         DELAWARE                        1-6112                  05-10314991
(State or other jurisdiction     (Commission File Number)     (I.R.S. Employer
     of Incorporation)                                           I.D. Number)


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50 Kennedy Plaza, Providence, Rhode Island                       02903-2360
 (Address of Principal Executive Offices)                        (Zip Code)


                                (401) 751-1600
              Registrant's Telephone Number including area code

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ITEM 5.       OTHER EVENTS.


     As of 12:00 midnight on June 12, 1998, approximately 220 union employees
of Mammoth, Inc.'s ("Mammoth"), a wholly owned subsidiary of Nortek, Inc. (the
"Company"), facility in Chaska, Minnesota went out on strike. Mammoth produces
commercial HVAC systems. The Company is unable to predict the outcome of the
strike, and it is continuing to negotiate with the labor union employees. The 
Company does not believe that the strike will have a material adverse impact on
the Company's financial position or results of operations. 
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                                  SIGNATURES


        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as 
amended, the registrant has duly caused this Current Report on Form 8-K to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                                        NORTEK, INC.


                                        By: /s/Almon C. Hall
                                            ---------------------------------
                                            Name: Almon C. Hall
                                            Title: Chief Accounting Officer


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