Irene Stiller, an assembler for Caterpillar for 39 years, sits outside the Caterpillar Hydraulics & Hydraulic Systems Global Headquarters in Joliet, Illinois, while talking about the three month old strike. Friday, July 27, 2012. | Brian Jackson~Sun-Times
Tom Ely, an Assembler at the Caterpillar Hydraulics & Hydraulic Systems Global Headquarters in Joliet, Illinois, talks about the three month old strike. Friday, July 27, 2012. | Brian Jackson~Sun-Times
Kirk Harrington, a Material Specialist at the Caterpillar Hydraulics & Hydraulic Systems Global Headquarters in Joliet, Illinois, talks about the three month old strike. Friday, July 27, 2012. | Brian Jackson~Sun-Times
Champagne corks were likely popping last week at Caterpillar global headquarters in Peoria when the company announced second-quarter profits climbed 67 percent. Business writers reported that Caterpillar’s had rising sales in “every region worldwide” and that “higher sales volume and prices provided a $2 billion …