Strike at Sikorsky ; Workers Protest Rising Health Costs

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STRATFORD, Conn. Frustration over rising health- care costs prompted nearly 3,600 Sikorsky Aircraft workers in Connecticut and Florida to walk out Monday.

Workers with Local 1150 of the Teamsters overwhelmingly rejected a proposed contract and voted Sunday in favor of the strike, the company's first since 1963. The union represents 3,500 workers at the helicopter-maker in Connecticut and 90 in Florida.

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Strike at Sikorsky ; Workers Protest Rising Health Costs

Machinists, craftsmen, mechanics, assemblers and basic operations personnel chanting, "What do we want? Health care! When do we want it? Now!" were on the picket lines early Mo...

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