Sarah Smith and Vince Gugliotta were both assemblers at Electro-Motive Diesel's locomotive assembly plant in London, Ont. Together they have four children under the age of nine. On Feb. 3, 2012, Caterpillar's Progress Rail Services unit announced it would cease operations at the factory. Vince and Sarah were among 700 workers who lost their jobs.
Sarah Smith and Vince Gugliotta (Deborah Baic/The Globe and Mail)
Sarah Smith and Vince Gugliotta with their children at their home in London on February 9, 2012. (Deborah Baic/The Globe and Mail)
Together, Vince and Sarah have four children, from left, Orlando Gugliotta, 5, Natalia Gugliotta,1, Matteo Gugliotta, 8, and Naseem Smith, 8. (Deborah Baic/The Globe and Mail)
Sarah Smith hugs her son Orlando, at their home in London on February 9, 2012. (Deborah Baic/The Globe and Mail)
Vince Gugliotta hugs his son Matteo at their home in London on February 9, 2012. (Deborah Baic/The Globe and Mail)
A Made in Canada signs hangs on the fridge as Vince Gugliotta talks with with his children at their home in London on February 9, 2012. (Deborah Baic/The Globe and Mail)
Sarah Smith with her children their home in London on February 9, 2012. (Deborah Baic/The Globe and Mail)
Vince Gugliotta with his children Orlando and Natalia at their home in London on February 9, 2012. (Deborah Baic/The Globe and Mail)
Vince Gugliotta changes his daughter Natalia's diaper at their home in London on February 9, 2012. (Deborah Baic/The Globe and Mail)
Vince Gugliotta gives his daughter Natalia a kiss at their home in London on February 9, 2012. (Deborah Baic/The Globe and Mail)
Sarah Smith hugs her son Naseem Smith and stepson Matteo Gugliotta at their home in London on February 9, 2012. (Deborah Baic/The Globe and Mail)
Vince Gugliotta plays hockey with his son Orlando in the driveway on the Electro-Motive plant picket line in London on February 8, 2012. (Deborah Baic/The Globe and Mail)
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