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CONTINGENCIES (Details) | Jan. 03, 2015
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CONTINGENCIES [Abstract] |
Total workforce subject to negotiated union contracts (in hundredths) | 26.00%eml_TotalWorkforceSubjectToNegotiatedUnionContracts

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