About 175 Union Workers Strike at Triumph Engine Control Systems in West Hartford Over Wages, Healthcare and Job Security
Why It MattersA walkout at an engine-controls plant puts a supplier facility offline and shows how labor disputes over pay, healthcare and job security can reach aerospace component manufacturing.
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About 175 union workers at Triumph Engine Control Systems in West Hartford, Connecticut, went on strike on Monday, Nov. 2, after contract negotiations broke down over wages, healthcare costs and job security.
Members of United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 405 began what the union described as an unfair labor practice strike at 5 a.m., after their contract expired at midnight on Oct. 31. The strike is taking place at Triumph's 250,000-square-foot manufacturing and engineering facility at 1 Charter Oak Blvd., which employs approximately 550 workers.
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