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GROTON, Conn. -- Officials at the Electric Boat shipyard in Groton say they have reached a tentative agreement with a union representing 2,400 workers.

EB and the Metal Trades Council have released a joint statement saying details of the agreement will be revealed to union members today.

The previous five-year contract between the union and the company expired Friday, but both sides agreed to extend it through next week so that negotiations could continue. The two sides have been negotiating since September.

Electric Boat, a division of General Dynamics Corp., makes nuclear submarines and employs more than 10,000 people in Groton and Quonset Point, R.I.

Members of the union still have to vote on any new contract.

-- The Associated Press. Information from The Day.

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