The deal GE (nyse: GE - news - people ) reached with the International Union of Electronic Workers-Communication Workers of America (IUE-CWA) and the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE) covers wages and pensions--but what to do about rapidly rising health costs was always the thorniest issue, as it is an issue with workers, unionized and nonunionized, across the economy.

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The town has a strong manufacturing tradition, particularly in machine tools and electrical goods.

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With the advent of the first electrical cipher, the German Enigma machine in 1918, cryptanalysis changed its fundamental character.

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Standards agreed upon parameters such as the size and shape of electrical outlets, the number of threads per inch on machine bolts, or the tolerances allowed for various medical tests may seem arcane or abstract.

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Vending-machine makers had also demanded changes after discovering that the electrical properties of some proposed coins, important for distinguishing between them automatically, were too alike.

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Some of the industries within manufacturing that have shown the strongest growth over the last 12 months have included machine shops, manufacturers of metalworking machinery, plastics product manufacturing and manufacturers of electrical equipment and components, Sageworks data shows.

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The Phone Port adapter plugs into a common electrical wall socket and then connects to any device on your phone line: a plain old phone, a fax machine or even a Caller ID box.

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For instance, when Toshiba, an electrical conglomerate, cut its board to ten last June, it lost the director responsible for its automated teller-machine business which has freed the company to spin off this troublesome division.

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