Jackson freed after Ill. workers’ protest arrest
Oct 25, 2012, 12:04 PM
FREEPORT, Ill. (AP) – The Rev. Jesse Jackson says he joined workers at a northern Illinois plant that’s slated to close because their fight to save their jobs is “the essence of the American struggle.”
Jackson was taken into custody Wednesday with about a dozen other protesters who marched onto the property at Sensata (sen-SAH’-tuh) Technologies. The company is in the process of moving its Freeport manufacturing operations to China, at a cost of 170 jobs from the Illinois plant.
The protesters were cited for violating Freeport’s trespassing ordinance and released. Jackson said the protests will continue next week.
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