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Locked out workers rally at Sherwin Alumina (Day 331)
MATT WOOLBRIGHT/CALLER-TIMES Alex Trevino (left), Rudy Garcia and Burt Williams attend a rally Monday outside the Sherwin Alumina plant. Monday marked the 331st day of the lock out.
GREGORY, TEXAS — Labor Day took on a different meaning this year for about a hundred locked out workers on the side of State Highway 361 near the entrance to the Sherwin Alumina plant.
It was the 331st day of their lockout that stems from contract disputes between the company and workers represented by the United Steelworkers, Local 235-A, and many of the workers wanted to spend it together.
So they had a barbecue, talked and laughed together. Everyone seemed hopeful the lockout would end soon. The two sides are set to negotiate next week in Pittsburgh, so some are feeling optimistic.
"We're ready to go to work any day," said Terry Howard, president of the local union. "We were locked out against our will, so when you see these brothers and sisters out here, they're out here fighting for their jobs — jobs that were stripped away from them."
Read more: http://www.caller.com/business/local/locked-out-workers-rally-at-sherwin-alumina-1eeec767-a706-32a3-e053-0100007fa9ea-325489941.html
Cross-posted in Omaha Steve's Labor Group.