Union Contracts

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

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Union Contracts

In April 2011, members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Local 1943, ratified a new labor agreement covering approximately 1,700 hourly production and maintenance employees at the Company’s Middletown Works.  The new agreement is scheduled to expire September 15, 2014.  The existing contract had been scheduled to expire September 15, 2011.