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The People Who Make America's Bullets Can't Afford Groceries
Read more . . . →1,350 workers at Olin Winchester’s Lake City Army Ammunition Plant in Kansas City walked off the job Saturday morning. These are the people who literally manufacture the bullets for the U.S. military — the actual supply chain behind every “support the troops” bumper sticker — and the company couldn’t be bothered to offer them a raise that keeps up with inflation. The workers cited garbage wages, forced overtime, and zero work-life balance. Olin posted $1.8 billion in revenue last year. But sure, the problem is that workers are too greedy. This is the part that never stops being darkly funny....
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