United Technologies Cancels Furloughs as Shutdown Eases
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United Technologies Corp., maker of Black Hawk helicopters, canceled plans to furlough as many as 4,000 workers after the Pentagon said most civilian employees it sent home in the federal shutdown will be put back to work.
The U.S. government’s sixth-largest contractor had planned to put 2,000 workers on leave beginning today at its Sikorsky Aircraft unit after military inspectors required to monitor production work were put on leave. Another 2,000 workers at the Hartford, Connecticut-based company’s Pratt & Whitney and UTC Aerospace Systems had faced furloughs this week.