Pakistan native Shahid Khan started auto parts company Flex-N-Gate and bought the Jacksonville Jaguars.

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He got his start working at auto parts manufacturer Flex-N-Gate then left in 1978 to found his own company, Bumper Works, which makes a one-piece car bumper design that is the industry standard.

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"I'm definitely hurting, " said Carl Betz, owner of a Getty station and auto-repair shop in downtown Madison, N.

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The United Auto Workers union already represents employees at several Flex-N-Gate factories, and is campaigning to organize others.

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Since 2011, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration has filed more than 20 of notices of violation against his auto-parts empire, Illinois-based Flex-N-Gate.

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