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[其他] Layoffs coming at jet maker Pratt & Whitney

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Aircraft engine maker Pratt & Whitney Canada is poised to lay off as many as 1,000 employees worldwide in the coming months.7 E. r/ w6 k) e. ?/ Q

6 f6 R# }' u7 c# H: P+ hThe company employs 10,000 people around the world, including 7,000 people in Canada. Most of the company's workforce is in the province of Quebec.
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* B. }/ Z7 i! A: ?4 q3 N5 h" q7 OIt is not known which of the company's facilities will be touched by the layoffs.$ N% W2 ?9 ~8 Z! ^. G* |

+ c$ ]8 g1 Q$ ~. g8 R% p+ O% MEmployees in Quebec received the information about the job cuts on Wednesday.
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* N! ~: {/ y+ O7 e# nThey were told that it could be months before the company decides on the extent and locations of the layoffs.; b+ \4 `! Z% H

( Z5 T8 T! Q9 G" JSources have indicated to Radio-Canada that the division that makes jet engines for business planes could be affected.7 J3 ?: G. P. A! H9 ~* x
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Pratt & Whitney Canada makes jets for Bombardier and Cessna, two airplane makers that have announced their own cuts due to a slowdown in the aerospace industry.) R8 W( p1 x! I7 F9 s+ C

2 p- F' u: |4 u$ HNews of layoffs comes just months after Pratt & Whitney Canada announced a $575.3 million plant in Mirabel, north of Montreal. The plant is supposed to assemble and test cleaner, quieter and more efficient jet engines, creating 565 jobs.( M8 w: ]3 k) s7 N7 T: x1 A
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Last year, the company also won a major contract to provide more efficient PW810 engines for the Cessna Citation Columbus large business jet.
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Pratt & Whitney Canada is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corporation, a high-technology company based in Hartford, Conn.
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