STRIKE

A picketer wears a union shirt on Wednesday at Rieth-Riley Construction Co.'s location just south of Chum's Corner in Traverse City. Heavy-equipment operators represented by Operating Engineers Local 324 went on strike Wednesday morning against Rieth-Riley. The company's Operating Engineers Local 324 employees have been working without a contract since June 2018, according to the union's website.

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