Striking workers at Libro Shirt in Lykens, Pennsylvania, picket the plant in late January. The strike began January 7, as workers rejected company demands that they pay half their health insurance costs. The 89 strikers, members of Local 317-C of the Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees (UNITE), have maintained their fight in face of company threats to close the plant. "We can’t give up any more," said Brenda Dauberman, a sewer for 23 years. "We are putting our blood and guts into this and we are doing it together."  
 
 
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