Protest Rally by Crane Employees

Friday, March 15, 2013 - 11:00am

Mary Crow, secretary and treasurer of Crane’s American Federation of Government Employees Local 1415, will lead Crane workers to protest a three-year pay freeze and pending 22-day work furlough resulting from automatic federal budget cuts.

The effects of what is called sequestration will come home next month to 3,000 or so “everyday workers,” civilians who will feel the pinch of a national budget crisis combined with the downsizing of the U.S. military. Crane expects $36 million will be slashed from its funding.

From 11 a.m. until noon Friday, members of AFGE Local 1415 will be demonstrating against the sequestration budget cuts, the furloughs they will cause and the long-term salary freeze. The protest will take place on private property outside the Lonely Night Saloon, near Crane’s main gated entrance off Ind. 231.

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