Hawker Beechcraft future in doubt after machinists reject contract
Eyewitness News 12
Oct. 16, 2010
Hawker Beechcraft machinists reject the company’s contract offer. Fifty-five percent voted against the contract, 45 voted for it.
The machinists’ union voted Saturday at the Kansas Coliseum Pavilions. The vote did not include an authorization to strike, only whether to accept the contract.
Hawker’s contract offer included a 10% cut in pay for union members, and an increase in health care costs.
The vote came at a critical time for Hawker Beechcraft. The plane maker recently received an offer from the state of Louisiana to relocate the company to Baton Rouge.
Kansas Governor Mark Parkinson made the company an offer to remain in Kansas. Hawker officials said they would accept Governor Parkinson’s offer if the machinists approved the contract.
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