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Can we assume from these numbers that between 500,000 to a million will be laid off if you put all the defense contractors together?
1 posted on 11/01/2012 8:43:55 AM PDT by GilGil
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To: GilGil
Watch the gubermint decide on Nov 7th that the notices can must be issued after all.
2 posted on 11/01/2012 8:49:23 AM PDT by NonValueAdded ("Why not eliminate the middle man and have whoever feeds Obama his lines debate Romney directly?")
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To: GilGil

Yes. Easily a million.


3 posted on 11/01/2012 8:50:29 AM PDT by CodeToad (Padme: "So this is how liberty dies... with thunderous applause.")
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To: GilGil

The bigger problem here is that Obambi may have ALREADY set up the economy to crash NO MATTER WHO WINS


5 posted on 11/01/2012 8:53:20 AM PDT by Mr. K (What The World would hate more than the USA in charge is the USA NOT in charge")
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To: GilGil

Stop this BS.

Lockheed only has 123,000 employees!

Spreading stupid stories like this, is irresponsible and reflects poorly on FR.


6 posted on 11/01/2012 8:55:52 AM PDT by Professional
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To: GilGil

Strange times!

LM is up 81 centavos to $94.47.

Lots of family have retired from Lockheed, still have a few friends working there.. they are a vastly different company from years ago and have diversified into all types of fields as a result.

Skrew Obama. He couldn’t light a sparkler if ya gave him a blowtorch.. which he probably couldn’t light either.


7 posted on 11/01/2012 8:56:22 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi)
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To: GilGil

I can see the unions lining up already if there are layoffs and the WARN act was not adhered to. But no worries, our tax dollars will pay for any lawsuits apparently. Or not.

Lucky for me, LM laid me off over a year ago so I have no fear of getting pink slipped this time. Fortunately for me I was able to take retirement the same day. Combined with SS benefits, our take home is now 80% less. But, surviving anyway. Glad to be out of the corporate BS after so many years and all the diversity BS being shoved down our throats.

Helping keep mankind warm for 65 years.


8 posted on 11/01/2012 8:58:04 AM PDT by rktman
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To: GilGil

Good grief, no, there are not going to be 500,000 layoffs in the sector, because that is roughly how many employees there are... There are believed to be 350,000 employees for the major companies in the US employed in defense.


9 posted on 11/01/2012 8:58:07 AM PDT by Professional
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To: GilGil

Shouldn’t be a problem, Mitt has 12M jobs ready to go next wed.


41 posted on 11/01/2012 9:03:18 AM PDT by stuartcr ("When silence speaks, it speaks only to those that have already decided what they want to hear.")
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You know, I wish we had so way of getting this news out but the media has pretty much embargoed anything to do with Obama that isn’t a glowing story.

I just don’t think it matters, like the tree that falls in the woods.


47 posted on 11/01/2012 9:08:01 AM PDT by newnhdad (Where will you be during the Election Riots of 2012/2013?)
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To: GilGil
***...defense cuts set to begin...if the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction - the so-called Super-committee, which was created to find a way to cut $1.5 trillion from the federal deficit over the next decade.”***

The answer is simple: what we need is a SUPER-DUPER Blue Ribbon Committee. That’ll get the job done alright!

50 posted on 11/01/2012 9:12:32 AM PDT by MichaelCorleone ('We the People' can and will take this country back...starting today.)
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To: GilGil

The headline is stupid, and false.

The issue was sending WARN notices, which might have to go to every employee since they wouldn’t know which employees were going to be in programs that were cut.

But they wouldn’t have to lay off more than 10% of the workforce for a 10% reduction in projects.

On the other hand, the estimate is that hundreds of thousands of jobs will be lost in Virginia if sequestration happens.


56 posted on 11/01/2012 9:21:36 AM PDT by CharlesWayneCT
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To: GilGil

Ok, according to this story, layoff notices were going to be sent to ALL employees to send a message to the President...

Very interesting read, check this out.

http://thehill.com/blogs/defcon-hill/industry/259431-lockheed-martin-wont-issue-layoff-notices-this-year


58 posted on 11/01/2012 9:25:36 AM PDT by Professional
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