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Tue May 1, 2012, 10:16 AM May 2012

IAM workers strike at Caterpillar's Joliet plant

Source: Reuters

IAM workers strike at Caterpillar's Joliet plant

Tue May 1, 2012 9:08am EDT

(Reuters) - About 800 workers went on strike at a Caterpillar Inc plant in Joliet, Illinois, early Tuesday morning after one of the company's union contracts expired with little indication of when a new pact could be in place.

The employees, represented by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers union, firmly rejected the company's six-year contract offer during a vote Sunday night. On Monday, union officials said talks had ended with Caterpillar.

Caterpillar has responded to the strike by bringing in replacement workers so that it can continue meeting production schedules as planned, spokesman Rusty Dunn said on Tuesday. The workers on strike produce hydraulic components and systems for a variety of Caterpillar machines, including track-type tractors, wheel loaders and mining trucks.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/01/us-caterpillar-joliet-idUSBRE8400R420120501
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