Anna Blackshaw, For The Times
STANDING THEIR GROUND: From left, union members Melvin Montford, Allen Moore and William Harrington at a makeshift shelter on the picket line outside Moncure Plywood, where workers have been on strike since July.
We don't know whether to cheer or cry, but check out today's L.A. Times feature on Machinist Local W399. They're a sister local whose members have been on strike against Moncure Plywood in North Carolina since July of last year. They've been camped out in summer heat and winter rain while scabs do their jobs, but are upbeat now that a pro-labor President is in the White House. These Machinists say they voted to strike when their company's final contract offer included mandatory 60-hour work weeks and the tripling of their health-care premiums. Sound familiar?
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