Hedge Fund Would Rather Shut Down a Plant Than Pay Its Workers a Fair Wage

The hedge fund "thought they could refuse to bargain with us ... break the law, tear up our contract ... and break the union."

Every morning at 6 a.m, starting in August 2008, a group of striking workers came to stand outside the Stella D'Oro cookie and biscuit factory in the Bronx, N.Y. They were fighting for what they saw as their right to a fair contract, and the middle-class way of life they spent decades building with their loyal work.

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