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Local workers hold out hope

Updated: November 19, 2012
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PEORIA -- Some striking workers at the local Hostess facility are holding out hope. They plan to stay until Monday with their strike signs and orange vests.

They're protesting a contract calling for what they say are extreme wage and benefit cuts. More than 100 people in town are losing their jobs.

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