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Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Striking Lockheed Martin workers picket in Texas

[F-35 Lightning II]Unhappy with proposed changes to health care benefits and pension plans, dozens of Lockheed Martin workers started picketing Monday at a North Texas plant where F-35 stealth fighter jets are made, as well as outside flight test centers in two other states.

The strike by Fort Worth-based Machinists Local 776 began after the 3,600 union members voted overwhelmingly Sunday to reject the aerospace company's latest contract offer.

Union members oppose the company's proposed changes to the health care and pension plans -- including higher deductibles and co-payments -- and eliminating pension for newly hired workers, said union spokesman Bob Wood.

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