Connecticut Workers Protest Tanker Contract
April 2, 2008 - At a
rally in East Hartford, CT, this week, union members, business leaders,
elected officials and workers from across Connecticut voiced their
collective outrage over the awarding of a $40 billion Air Force tanker
contract to Airbus and Northrop Grumman.
“If we don’t maintain
our industrial base and skilled workforce, our national security is in
jeopardy,” said District 26 Directing Business Representative Everett Corey.
“We need to start with this contract – keep the jobs here in the U.S., where
the people are paying the taxes that fund this program.”
Connecticut stands to
lose more than 4,000 jobs at Pratt & Whitney in addition to numerous jobs at
smaller vendors and suppliers. At a time when our nation faces a looming
recession and record trade deficits, it is unconscionable to award a
multi-billion contract to another nation rather than utilize our own skilled
workers.

DBR Everett Corey