Rubber & Plastics News, November 30th, 1998
By Brad Dawson DES MOINES, Iowa--Butch Lawson is no stranger to a labor strike.
The Steelworker has taken part in several over his 31 years at the tire factory on Des Moines' southeast side that's been owned by Armstrong Rubber Co. and Pirelli Tire North America and now Titan Tire Corp.
But the current strike, about to enter its eighth month, is by far the most frustrating.
"I didn't believe this would last this long," said Lawson, sitting in one of the shacks members of United Steelworkers of America Local 164 erected for wintertime picketers at the Titan plant's gates. "We all understan...
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