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Following a GAO report blaming the joint-strike fighter program's MRO structure for cost overruns and lack of readiness, the Pentagon contracted Lockheed to develop production-engineering changes.
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In today's workplace, employees now experience multiple, stacked changes that lead to burn out.
Additional manufacturing plants were not part of the union's latest move.
Skills-based organizations are better able to attract and retain employees.
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