Area 51 Guards On Strike

[L. Neil Smith]

But who's going to save the Earth from the scum of the universe?

  <http://www.lvrj.com/lvrj_home/2001/Dec-11-Tue-2001/news/17638293.html>

A group of 70 security guards known as the "camo dudes" walked off 
their jobs Monday in Las Vegas and at the covert military 
installation known as Area 51, a place they said they can't talk 
about.

"Use your imagination," union President Vernell Hall said when asked 
where he worked as he and more than a dozen other striking security 
officers displayed "On Strike" signs on Haven Street near McCarran 
International Airport.

[...]

Hall said the issues include lack of adequate wages and benefits.

"There's been too much overtime since Sept. 11. Overtime on top of 
overtime," Hall said.

[...]

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