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UAW Weighs In On Proposed End To Army Tank Modernization

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, April 9th, 2012

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Bob King, president of the International Union, United Automobile Aerospace & Agricultural, Implement Workers of America (UAW) sent letters last week to the chairmen and ranking members of the House and Senate Appropriations defense subcommittees and House Armed Services Committee in support of keeping the General Dynamics [GD] Abrams tank production line open. As members prepare for the fiscal year 2013 department of defense appropriations bill, the UAW says the plan to end tank modernization puts the armor industrial base in…

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