VAN WERT - Jodi Wallenhorst has spent nearly 15 years working at Kongsberg Automotive to support her son and daughter as a single mother.
Since early April, when she and more than 300 other Kongsberg employees were locked out of their jobs after refusing to take a one-third pay cut, she's scrapped by to survive while leaning on family for help. Unable to afford $1,200 a month for alternative health insurance, she nervously goes without.
"I've always been one to get out and support my kids," Wallenhorst said as she stood at a rally Saturday in downtown Van Wert for Kongsberg employees.
United Steel Workers union representatives and others presented checks to the local union, USW 1-524, for thousands of dollars to provide support.
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