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For most of her 36 years at the Hufcor factory in Janesville, Wisconsin, Kathy Pawluk loved working there, at least until a private-equity firm took over four years ago. There were Christmas parties and summer picnics, and workers could listen to the radio as they built accordion-style room partitions for convention centers and hotel ballrooms.
âThey treated people like they were family, not a number,â said Pawluk, 62. âWe had the best health benefits. We had HR people who really cared about us.â
But Pawluk said things deteriorated soon after OpenGate Capital acquired Hufcor, a family-owned company founded in Janesville 120 years ago. âThey basically told us âWe donât want to get to know youâ in so many words,â Pawluk said.