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Contract ratification votes at three Lockheed Martin Corporation plants yielded very different results yesterday, as workers at the company?s two California plants accepted the contract while workers at the Marietta, Georgia plant rejected the proposed contract and voted to strike by overwhelming majorities. The three-year contract included raises in the first two years, a ratification bonus and a new eye-care plan paid by the company, but failed to address the job-security concerns of the Marietta workers who have seen employment at the plant drop over sixty percent in the past decade despite the company?s success. The company announced that it had made its best and final offer, and International Association of Machinists represented workers at the Georgia plant prepared to begin picketing around midnight last night.