http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/maryland/aberdeen-proving-ground/ Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD News http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/maryland/aberdeen-proving-ground/content/c898179c420308f1b8d9789424254265.html Ayaad Assaad was in Australia visiting relatives the day before his former colleague and friend Bruce Ivins died from an apparent suicide in Frederick in July http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/maryland/aberdeen-proving-ground/content/b5c266c0e0255e626cce761b2607dc67.html About 650 contract workers at Aberdeen Proving Ground are still on the job while their union continues to negotiate with companies testing Army equipment and weapons for the Defense Department and private industry The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers had threatened to walk off the job Sunday after getting a threeyear contract that did not include a costofliving increase http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/maryland/aberdeen-proving-ground/content/6ecc477f3dc9e2ee24f5b3fe913533d1.html A union vote on a strike that could have involved about 650 contract workers at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Harford County has been delayed to allow time for more negotiations officials at the Army post said yesterday Members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Local 2424 were considering striking at midnight tomorrow an action that could have disrupted the Aberdeen Test Support Services an Army agency that tests vehicles equipment weapons and ammunition for all branches of the military the Department of Defense and private industry Most of the workers are employed by Jacobs Technology a subsidiary of Jacobs Engineering Group of Pasadena Calif The union is not taking its work force to strike at this time said Crystal Maynard spokeswoman for ATSS The union and Jacobs have decided to continue talks next week http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/maryland/aberdeen-proving-ground/content/1193c724d24145657c510433944f6502.html A union vote on a strike that could have involved about 650 contract workers at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Harford County has been delayed to allow time for more negotiations officials at the Army post said today http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/maryland/aberdeen-proving-ground/content/e36f08fd6bf3c2318f543ba73ec60323.html About 650 contract workers at Aberdeen Proving Ground are threatening to strike starting Sunday Members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers voted all day yesterday on a contract that they said does not offer even a costofliving raise Results of the vote were not made public yesterday In an email Henry Scott a union representative said the weekly pay raises offered in the threeyear contract don't even amount to a tank of gas The workers are employed by three contractors who serve the Aberdeen Test Support Services an Army agency that tests vehicles equipment weapons and ammunition for all branches of the military the Department of Defense and private industry Most of the workers are employed by Jacobs Technology a subsidiary of Jacobs Engineering Group of Pasadena Calif Two Virginia contractors also fill jobs for ATSS including Science and Technology Corp of Virginia Beach and LoSec Corp of Manassas The Army has a contract with Jacobs said Pat McClung APG spokeswoman This problem is between Jacobs and its employees McClung who has worked at the post for 37 years could not recall any strike there http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/maryland/aberdeen-proving-ground/content/1d6f2888ab65a25442ac176c1488ef5a.html Opponents of closing Fort Monmouth NJ said they've been vindicated by a government report that says Aberdeen Proving Ground could be short 2200 employees when Monmouth's jobs move there in 2011 http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/maryland/aberdeen-proving-ground/content/9be2118f1e4b27383e7d1361d3790c1a.html Army officials will need to hire thousands of new workers to ensure that closing Fort Monmouth NJ and transferring its functions to Aberdeen Proving Ground won't disrupt the services the bases provide to America's military according to a new government report http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/maryland/aberdeen-proving-ground/content/f9117a4fe77749f655218b72b4c56c5e.html Military scientists at Edgewood Chemical Biological Center at Aberdeen Proving Ground are working on the Tiger which combines a chute an engine chemical tanks and other components giving it the appearance of a lunar rover It's designed to turn food and waste into fuel If it works it could save scores of American and Iraqi lives