Wednesday, January 23, 2008

United Space Alliance Prepares For Workforce Transition

Florida Today reports that NASA's space shuttle primary contractor United Space Alliance is offering a plan to help ease the transition to the post-shuttle era for workers at Kennedy Space Center.

"NASA and contractor United Space Alliance plan to give enhanced severance packages to most laid-off shuttle workers and “completion bonuses” to some highly-skilled employees who stay through the final mission, which is scheduled for 2010. In some cases, long-time workers could get as much as a year’s pay after they finish their work with the company," reported the newspaper following a meeting with United Space Alliance chief executive officer Dick Covey.

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