A union vote on a strike that could have involved about 650 contract workers at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Harford has been delayed to allow more time for negotiations after Labor Day.
The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, working under several private companies doing contract work testing Army equipment and weapons for the Aberdeen Test Center, threatened to walk off the job Sunday after getting a three-year contract that did not include a cost-of-living increase. Most of the workers are employed by Jacobs Technology, a subsidiary of Pasadena, Calif.-based Jacobs Engineering Group.
“The union is not taking its work force to strike at this time,” said Crystal Maynard, spokeswoman for ATSS.
