Most employees had returned to their jobs earlier this week after the company offered a slight pay increase and began hiring replacement workers.

在该公司略微加薪和开始招收其他工人后，大多数雇员在本周早些时候已经重回工作岗位。

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Other companies that lay off workers will have time lags associated with finding personnel, training replacement workers, etc.

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Brackett says the replacement workers are nearly all single men.

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The company hired replacement workers on Saturday to fill in for the strikers, who belong to the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association (AMFA), unveiling a backup plan it had quietly drafted 18 months ago.

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