US: Lear locks out Texas workers

Author: just-auto.com editorial team | 14 July 2009

As if Chapter 11 restructuring wasn't enough to cope with right now, interiors specialist Lear has had to fly in salaried workers to its Arlington, Texas, plant from around the country to maintain production at the seating plant there after it barred union workers from the factory on Friday.

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