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February 21, 2012

A Caterpillar locomotive plant in New London, Ontario will be moved to the US.

Caterpillar Closes Canadian Plant to Take Advantage of Cheaper Workers--in the U.S.
Caterpillar is moving to newly "Right-To-Work" Indiana, offering rock-bottom wages and searching for anti-union managers. Is the US the new source for cheap labor?
February 12, 2012 |

Caterpillar announced Friday it would close its London, Ontario, locomotive plant after 465 workers there refused to grant concessions that would cut their wages in half.

http://www.alternet.org/news/154110/caterpillar_closes_canadian_plant_to...

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