Remington Outdoor Co.’s breakup is fueling unrest in the village of Ilion, N.Y., where hundreds of former employees are agitating to get back jobs and benefits lost as the bankrupt gun maker’s historic manufacturing plant shifts to new ownership.

The factory’s roughly 600 workers were told last week they were being laid off immediately and would lose their health-insurance benefits on Halloween, without getting any severance or payment for unused vacation time.

Dozens…

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