He said the 30 people laid off could eventually be placed into other positions at Bell.
A member of the United Auto Workers Local 218 bargaining unit, Gary Livingston, said even saving the 12 employees effectively means a loss of positions "because somebody else would have been hired" for those.
Bell Helicopter is based in Fort Worth, and its parent company is Rhode Island-based Textron Inc.
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