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'Athletes In Industry' Is New Production Program
Athletes In Industry, a program of warm-up
stretching routines, was recently introduced in
Dept. 71, F-16 Metal Mockup, and Dept. 73,
Electrical Wire Harness Assembly.
FrINDUSTRIAL ATHLETICS - Employees in Dept. 73,
Electrical Wire Harness Assembly, warm up with a morn-
ing routine in their work area on the factory mezzanine.
Special Shareholder Meeting
Set To Modify Incentive
Compensation
General Dynamics will hold a special meeting of
shareholders on Jan. 15, 1992, to vote on a proposal
to modify the company's incentive compensation
plans, which are designed to reward employees at all
levels for increases in shareholder value.
The modifications seek to reflect significant
increases in the company's stock price during 1991,
as well as substantial increases in corporate cash
accounts during the year and the resulting possibili-
ty that the company may engage in future special
distributions to shareholders or stock repurchases.
The special meeting will be held at St. Louis'
Adam's Mark Hotel, Fourth and Chestnut Streets, at
11:00 a.m. Shareholders who held their stock at the
close of business Nov. 29, 1991 will be entitled to
vote at the special meeting.
Proxy statements were mailed Saturday, Dec. 7, to
holders of GD's common stock.This is another element in the Fort Worth
Division's ergonomics program, a safety-related
effort to reduce employee exposure to cumulative
trauma injuries. The Athletes In Industry consul-
tants have also installed this program at other
companies including Boeing, Alcoa and DuPont.
More than 400 employees in the two depart-
ments have been trained by Athletes In Industry
instructors and company facilitators from
Production, Safety Engineering and Medical
Services. Employees serving as team leaders lead
exercise groups through a series of 15 routines
designed to warm up and stretch muscle groups
throughout the body, with special emphasis on the
hands and wrists. The routines are done at the
beginning of the shift and take about six minutes
to complete.
The program is designed to prepare the employ-
ee for the physical demands of the work task,
while promoting a higher level of safety awareness
among employees and supervisors. Employees can
repeat specific stretches during the day to relieve
tension and muscle stress.
Jerry Mullins, manager of Production's electrical
business unit, is enthusiastic about the Athletes In
Industry program. He said he has also received
favorable comments from employees. "It's fun,
makes you feel better, and I'm convinced it will
reduce strains and sprains and allow everyone to
enjoy better health," Mullins said.
Magazine Picks X-30 Program
For Its 1991 'Best' DistinctionThe X-30 National Aero-Space Plane (NASP) pro-
gram has been named "one of 100 of the country's
newest and best technologies for 1991" by the editors
of Popular Science magazine.
The NASP program is aiming at demonstration and
flight test of technologies for hypersonic flight with
an experimental vehicle designated the X-30. GD is
part of a five-company NASP development team that
includes McDonnell Douglas, Rockwell, Rocketdyne
and Pratt & Whitney.
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