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David Butkins, who has worked at Babbitt Bearings for 28 years, said financial hardships led workers to strike. For example, extra money employees have to put toward health insurance, he said, are “eating” their raises.
“We’re out here not just for ourselves, but for everyone else who works hard for less and less money,” he said.
www.syracuse.com/business/2020/07/in-a-scene-from-the-past-factory-workers-walk-a-picket-line-out...
In a scene from the past, factory workers walk a picket line outside a Syracuse company
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Babbitt Bearings Inc. employees have gone on strike in a contract dispute over pay and benefits.