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Caterpillar Strike in Joliet
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By Ann Baskerville
JOLIET--Striking machinists at the Caterpillar plant in Joliet were joined on the picket line Saturday July 14, 2012 by several community members and two steelworkers who work at a Caterpillar plant in South Milwaukee. The Wisconsin workers stated their contract with Caterpillar is up in the coming months and they fear they may be in the same boat as the striking machinists at the Joliet plant.
Picket line outside the Caterpillar plant in Joliet, Illinois. The machinists have been on strike since May 1, 2012.
Steelworkers from Milwaukee came down to Joliet to stand on the picket line with the machinists
Picket line on Route 6 outside the Caterpillar plant in Joliet
Machinists on strike at the Joliet Caterpillar plant
Picket line outside the Joliet Caterpillar plant
Around 7 p.m., two large buses left the Caterpillar plant to shouts of "scab" from the picket line:
Caterpillar has advertised for temporary workers for its Joliet location while the machinists are on strike, and has stated the plant has operated well using both the temporary labor and Caterpillar managers. Caterpillar advertised for temporary workers in local papers and on a digital billboard on I-80 and the Des Plaines River Bridge:
Beautiful fall colors are on display at Gerdes Grove and the Laughton Preserve in Wilton Center, Illinois. The preserves are part of the Will County Forest Preserve District. Laughton Preserve, Wilton Center, Illinois Laughton Preserve, Wilton Center, Illinois Laughton Preserve, Wilton Center, Illinois Gerdes Grove, Wilton Center, Illinois According to the Forest Preserve District of Will County's website : " Laughton Preserve began with the District's acquisition of an 8-acre parcel from the Gerdes family, and has grown to 430 acres from extensive acquisitions in the 1990s and in 2006. The preserve contains approximately 2 miles of Forked Creek and has been left largely undisturbed, as it protects a remnant of the historic Twelve Mile Grove (a prairie grove 12 miles along the road from Joliet to Danville), portions of the 1832 Ce-Na-Ge-Wine and Joseph Laughton Reservations, and the historic Wallingford Settlement in Wilton ...
As of 9:00 a.m. Friday March 8 2024, online bidding for the historic Gemini Giant stands at $45,000. The statue is up for online bid at the Grafe Auction website . The Gemini Giant has greeted Route 66 travelers to Wilmington for decades:
The Wilmington VFW Post is joining the local effort to keep the Gemini Giant in Wilmington. The statue is up for online bid at the Grafe Auction website . Wilmington's VFW Post 5422 posted to their Facebook page on March 8, 2024 that: " The Wilmington VFW Post 5422 along with Save the Gemini Giant have teamed up to make an effort to keep the Gemini Giant in Wilmington and relocate it 1 mile west on Route 66 to the VFW. We need your help. " Read the full post here . The Gemini Giant has greeted Route 66 travelers to Wilmington for decades:
