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Some 200 union supporters marched August 19 outside Crucible Specialty Metals plant in Geddes, New York, in support of striking steelworkers. The 600 workers struck on August 2, rejecting a three-year contract proposal that eliminated pension and retirement medical benefits for newly hired workers. "To cut pay and benefits doesn't seem right. My opinion is, if they can do it here, they can do it anywhere," said one participant, a former Crucible worker. Marchers chanted, "Unions are fighting every day so the workers can have their fair pay" on their way to the state fairground, where a band played before strike organizers spoke.
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