Walking The Line - STRIKE PHOTO GALLERY

Strike Day 41

CT POST / Jeff Bustraan
Carl Hilliard, a 33 year employee of Sikorsky, from Clinton, waves a flag as he and several other fellow Sikorsky workers stand outside Gate 2 with cars wizzing by on day 41 of the strike.

Strike Day 40

CT POST / B.K.Angeletti
Strikers Douglas Marshall of Milford, left, and Warren Stevens of Southington call out to Sikorsky workers leaving gate 2 on the 40th day of the strike. Marshall has worked for 33 years for Sikorsky and Stevens for 28 years. Stevens said they will strike for "as long as it takes".

Strike Day 39

CT POST /Phil Noel
After 26 years at Sikorsky Brian Bevilock of Waterbury, marches with a picket sign outside Gate"2 at the Stratford Plant.

Strike Day 38

CT POST / Brian A. Pounds
Sikorsky Teamsters picket in front of UTC World Headquarters on Main Street in downtown Hartford.

Strike Day 38

CT POST / Brian A. Pounds
Ruth Wieczorkowski of Ansonia, a 26 year Sikorsky employee, holds a rubber rat in the direction of UTC World Headquarters as Teamsters brought their picket line to Hartford on Wednesday.

Strike Day 36

CT POST / Jeff Bustraan
Sikorsky strikers give the thumbs down as cars enter gate 3 Tuesday afternoon.

Strike Day 36

CT POST / Jeff Bustraan
Sikorsky strikers walk the line outside of gate2 Tuesady afternoon.

Strike Day 35

CT POST / Phil Noel
Striking Sikorsky Teamsters leave a special membership meeting at the teamsters union hall on Garfield Avenue in Stratford.

Strike Day 34

CT POST/ Johnathon Henninger
Andy Straborny, a Sikorsky machine shop worker and resident of Milford stands at the picket line outside gate three of Sikorsky Aircraft in Stratford Saturday afternoon during the fifth week of strikes at the aircraft maker.

Strike Day 33

CT POST/ Autumn Pinette
Earl McNamee, of Meridan, left, and Michael Lawson, of Prospect, right, walk the picket line outside of Sikorsky Aircraft Friday, day 33 of the employee strike.

Strike Day 32

Senator Joe Lieberman talks with Sammy Horvath of Milford ( an 18 year Sikorsky employee) and other Teamsters Union officials outside the Union Hall in Stratford after a brief meeting.

Strike Day 31

Bill O'Brien of Oxford,Conn., who has 27 years at Sikorsky, wears a small yellow "Don't Tread on Me" flag as he pickets outside the Sikorsky production plant in Stratford.

DAY 29

Phil Noel/CTPost
On day #29 of the teamsters strike at Sikorsky, Paul Gerald of Bridgeport, a 20 year Sikorsky employee manages to smile as he warms himself at the fire outside Sikorsky Gate #2 in Stratford

Strike Day 29

CT POST / Brian A. Pounds
Philip Douglas of Milford, a 28 year Sikorsky employee, cooks hamburgers for his fellow strikers outside the Stratford plant.

Strike Day 28

CT Post/ Autumn Pinette
Frank Ellerbe, of Bridgeport, warms himself by the barrel fire outside Sikorsky Aircraft Sunday as the strike continues.