Hamilton Sundstrand wants to cut 30 more hourly jobs and farm out work now done at its Windsor Locks headquarters to a subcontractor, according to Mark Hebert, president of Machinists union Local 743.

Wisconsin has recently been treated to a Keystone Cops performance by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Union (IAM), which seems intent on putting its own members out of work. The story by now is familiar: employees of Mercury Marine in Fond du Lac voted down an offer to keep 800 jobs from moving to Stillwater, Oklahoma.

Aug 24 Hawker Beechcraft cuts 300 jobs Hawker Beechcraft handed out 300 layoff notices on Friday, according to a notice filed with the state of Kansas.On Wednesday, a company official told employees in a memo that layoffs would occur today.The memo, from Hawker Beechcraft vice president Rich Jiwanlal, said most of the layoffs will affect nonhourly employees.The company told the Machinists union representing its hourly workers that the cuts will affect 145 bargaining unit po