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October 4, 2012

"Bainport" Workers Block Removal of Factory Equipment 
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Workers at a Freeport, Illinois, factory set for closure by Bain Capital
have begun blockades to stop the removal of equipment from their
workplace. Workers at Sensata Technologies have set up a three-week
encampment called "Bainport" across the street from the facility to
protest plans to close the plant and move it to China, taking 170 jobs
with it. Sensata is owned by Bain Capital, the private equity firm
co-founded by Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney. The workers
say they plan to continue the blockades of trucks removing their
equipment.

 

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