About 1,600 union workers at the Honeywell facility in Kansas City could soon be furloughed as the federal government shutdown drags on.
The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers said in a press release that about 1,600 of its members at the Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies site will be furloughed on Nov. 1 amid the government shutdown, which began Oct. 1 as Congress has been unable to come up with an agreement to fund the federal government.
The plant is under contract with the U.S. Department of Energy and manufactures non-nuclear components for the nuclear stockpile. According to the union release, the facility will go into shutdown mode Oct. 27, and only a handful of employees will remain on the job unless Congress approves funding for energy and water development…