My husband and I worked there when it was General Dynamics on both the F-16 and A-12 programs . . . way before we ever worked there . . . I remember reading about the strike and police had to be called, management had to be escorted onto the property and nails spread on the roadway leading to the main plant. Those people were way over paid as it was . . . I remember even back in the late 80’s and early 90’s the janitors were making 50-60K per year with their overtime. Most of the line workers made more than double what our senior engineers were making, triple our entry level engineers. Poor babies . . . and here they are stupid enough to go on strike in this economy.
I worked there as a young engineer from 82 to 85. I was part of the Stealth technology group. I worked on the ATF program - eventually led to the F-22 Raptor. I worked with Glen Arey, Alan Streater, Disck Schnacke, Pat Cahill, Keith Jackson, and Charlie Liang. We operated the radar range in the back of the property.
I forgot to mention, I also worked on the ATB.