GARY HEFNER

Gary Hefner, local union chapter 182 president, is seen Saturday, Feb. 22, 1997, standing in front of signs he put up after General Electric closed its plant in Hickory, N.C., and moved it to Mexico. Hefner, who worked at the plant making electrical transformers for 30 years, blames his job loss on the North American Free Trade Agreement. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)

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