Sikorsky to cut 3% of workforce

Stratford, Conn. (CT Post) - Sikorsky Aircraft has told workers another 3 percent of its workforce would be cut in the next 12 months as the helicopter maker anticipates a drop in U.S. defense spending and further slowing of the global economy.

The company announced in September it was cutting 3 percent of its workforce and later told congressional representatives the total would be 567, with 419 in Connecticut. The majority of those cuts are to affect union workers in Stratford, who are still negotiating with management over which workers will be eligible for a separation package. In June, it announced a 386 staff reduction in its Military Completions Center in New York.

The latest round, would also appear to top more than 500, though the company did not say where the cuts would be falling the most, not provide a specific figure.

The company has nearly half its workforce of 18,000 in Connecticut.