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Union members go on strike at south Springfield manufacturing facility
Union members at the Timken manufacturing facility in south Springfield are on strike.
More than a dozen workers began picketing outside the plant on West Battlefield Road at about 11:45 a.m. Tuesday.
They held signs reading "Fair Contract Now!" and "ULP Strike" — the latter featuring apparent shorthand for the phrase "unfair labor practices."
Steelworkers Local 662 member Taylor Young, 23, told the News-Leader that the union represents more than 300 workers at the facility. He said the union's last contract expired June 30.
Read more: http://www.news-leader.com/story/news/local/ozarks/2017/08/29/union-members-go-strike-south-springfield-manufacturing-facility/612604001/
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