usatoday.com - 12/8/2008
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Workers and supporters line the factory floor of Republic Windows & Doors in Chicago on Sunday, the third day of a sit-in. About 300 workers lost their jobs.
washingtonpost.com - 12/9/2008
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Illinois Governor Supports Workers Occupying Closed ...
huffingtonpost.com - 12/9/2008
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Since Friday, 240 members of the United Electrical,
Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE), a small...
but feisty union that has always been in the progressive wing of the labor movement, have displayed uncommon courage. They have illegally occupied ...
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Peter Dreier: Chicago Factory Sit-In: A Symbol of What's ...
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BREAKING: Illinois Refuses to Do Business with Bank of America
Ace of Spades HQ —
... So the workers stage a sit-in in the factor. So far, so good. And...BofA gets blamed for the closed plant because it refused to give Republic Windows & Doors a loan. The workers promise to continue the sit-in until BofA pays their wages, severance, and health insurance. Governor Blagojevich just met with the workers at the plant and then announced that he is asking all state agencies to refuse to do business with BofA. This just happened, so I can't find a news report on it yet. This article will catch you up to this morning.
How Fumbling the Bailout Led to the Chicago Sit In
Firedoglake —
... . In the Chicago factory sit in, the key moment which caused Republic Windows to shut down was when Bank of America cut off their line of credit, which they did just before they approved a $50 billion takeover of Merrill Lynch. ...
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angryblackbitch.blogspot.com 12/8/2008 — A bitch saw a news report on the worker sit-in at Republic Windows and Doors and…well, wow! The story is getting a lot of play and this bitch thinks this worker action is an example of the reality many workers face in these fubaristic economic times. ...
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news.yahoo.com 12/6/2008 — CHICAGO Workers laid off from their jobs at a factory have occupied the building and are demanding assurances they'll get severance and vacation pay that they say they are owed. About 200 employees of Republic Windows and Doors began their sit-in ...
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chicagobreakingnews.com 12/8/2008 — The sit-in by laid-off workers at Chicago's Republic Windows & Doors plant will continue for at least another night after union, company and bank representatives decided to continue negotiating a settlement tomorrow afternoon. A three-hour meeting was ...
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