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Bombardier Learjet to lay off 30 to 50 people; part of previous-announced cuts

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Published May 6, 2010 at 12:32 p.m.

Thirty to 50 Bombardier Learjet employees will be laid off this summer, the company confirmed Thursday.The layoffs were part of a reduction announced in February and in April 2009.The employees had been repositioned into other jobs, said Bombardier spokeswoman Haley Dunne. Work in those positions is ending. Employees will be laid off sometime between June and August ...

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Bombardier Machinists Approve Contract

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Published Oct. 3, 2009 at 7:08 p.m.

Machinists at Wichita’s Bombardier Learjet plant reached a tentative contract agreement Friday and ratified the deal on Saturday ...

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Machinists ratify Bombardier contract

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Published Oct. 3, 2009 at 3:14 p.m.

Machinists union members at Bombardier Learjet overwhelmingly accepted the company’s offer of a new three-year labor contract ... The union represents nearly 900 hourly employees in Wichita ... Ninety-five percent of those voting accepted the contract ...

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Machinists, engineers, teachers at negotiating table

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Published Aug. 31, 2009 at 6:51 a.m.

In Wichita's aviation industry, union negotiations at Bombardier Learjet and Spirit AeroSystems are under way, and two significant rounds of talks in the industry open next year ... The bargaining comes at a time when the economy is in a downturn, and the aviation industry is struggling. Those factors will have an impact on the talks, a labor expert says ... When times are good, a union tends to have more leverage as companies need to keep production lines humming and people working to keep up

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Bombardier Cancels Order with European Company

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Published Aug. 24, 2009 at 1:26 p.m.

Bombardier terminates purchase order of 110 Learjet aircraft produced in Wichita ...

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Bombardier cancels $1.5 billion jet deal after customer declares insolvency

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Published Aug. 21, 2009 at 12:06 p.m.

Bombardier has canceled its $1.5 billion deal with European fractional jet company Jet Republic for 110 Learjet 60 XR aircraft. The order consisted of 25 firm orders worth $340æmillion and 85 conditional orders for the Wichita-built plane ... Jet Republic, based in Portugal, suspended operations Monday, citing a difficult credit market for potential customers. The company sells fractions of business jets or lets customers buy a set number of flight hours a year ... Deliveries were to begin in

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