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To: Druggist who wrote (15719)	5/28/1998 10:32:00 PM
From: David Lawrence	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 22053

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (AP) - Electrical workers went on strike at a Rockwell Semiconductor Systems plant in California on Thursday, hours after fellow union members walked out at another Rockwell plant in Iowa. The company said work would continue at both plants despite the strikes. At both plants, workers have been in dispute with the company over wages. In Newport Beach, members of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers struck with the start of the night shift at 5:30 p.m., said Eileen Aglaze, a spokeswoman for Rockwell Semiconductor. The union represents 630 workers, but the company would not have figures on how many honored the pickets until Friday, she said. Union members rejected a contract in March, saying the company didn't offer a big enough raise. A separate strike at the Rockwell Collins plant in Coralville, Iowa, where more than 600 members of the IBEW stayed off the job. The plant, which manufactures government guidance and radar systems, employs 825 people. "It is open. How it's operating, I'm not exactly sure," said Lee Kohl, spokesman for IBEW Local 1634. The Newport Beach plant, with a workforce of about 2,800, manufactures chips used in computer and fax modems. Rockwell Semiconductor Systems and Rockwell Collins are both subsidiaries of Rockwell International Corp. In a statement issued from the company's Costa Mesa headquarters, Rockwell officials said the strikes would not prevent the company from supplying its customers. ''We've talked to our customers and told them we can meet their needs,'' said William Mellon, a company spokesman. [I'm sure they are brimming with confidence in that assurance.] Rockwell International employs about 48,000 people worldwide in operations that include industrial automation, avionics and communications.