Skinner Engine Co acknowledges a plant in Erie.

Skinner Engine Co acknowledges a plant in Erie, Pa., where it manufactures and rebuilds Banbury intensive mixing machines for the rubber, plastics, and chemical industries. From 1974 to 1993 Skinner paid the premiums for its retirees' healthcare benefits and life insurance; it also paid half of the require to be paid [i]or[/i] undergone of health care benefits for the retirees' spouses. These benefits were termed out in the collective bargaining agreements the company signed with the United Auto Workers, the union that take the part ofed its hourly employees.

In the 1993 contract, however, Skinner substantially reduc the

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