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"The federal government spending cuts are hitting jobs in Central Florida.Officials said dozens of workers at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station will be let go Friday.\"(There has been) between 60 and 80 notices, but it could be in the neighborhood of a couple hundred,\" said Kevin Smith, president of the Transport Workers Union Local 525.Smith said he expects about 10 percent of the 600 workers he represents at Cape Canaveral Air Station to see pink slips as early as Friday.\"They're extremely skilled mechanics and electricians. (They) take care of certain types of spacecraft,\" said Smith.Smith said the cuts are the result of sequestration, which was handed down from Washington.\"It will slow some things down, and projects won't get finished,\" said Smith.Smith said the cuts are especially hurtful, not only for the space program, but for all of Brevard County.\"We haven\u2019t even finished getting over the shuttle program, and now, on the other side of the river on the unmanned space side, we're seeing the same kind of cuts,\" said Smith.The federal government has notified the companies that contract the workers that it hopes to have the jobs reinstated by September or October."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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