A walkout ends, and strikers find a changed world

17/10/2009 19:26:00

Font size:

AJ Mast This Aug. 26, 2009 photo shows brothers John, left, and Brad Millikin in Bristol, Ind. Both brothers went to work at the Vincent Bach factory before leaving high school, and both went on strike, but a year later Brad crossed the picket line to return to work. More News By 10:30 a.m., the lot at Disabled American Veterans Post 19 is nearly full, and a table spread with potato salad and Port-a-Pit chicken beckons. The only thing missing is a banner, mutters one of the workers inside the rental hall to another: "Welcome to Our Last Supper." This is a gathering to mark the end of a 40-month fight over who owns the craftsmanship that gives life to a factory floor. These men and women...