Peter Dreier: Chicago Factory Sit-In: A Symbol of What's Wrong and What's Needed

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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 their Chicago factory after their employer ...

nytimes.com - 12/8/2008

In Factory Sit-In, an Anger Spread Wide

— nytimes.com — Laid-off workers are occupying a Chicago plant, arguing that the financial bailout ignores regular workers. >... (more) In Factory Sit-In, an Anger Spread Wide

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usatoday.com - 12/8/2008

Parties to meet over Chicago factory sit-in

— usatoday.com — 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. (more) Parties to meet over Chicago factory sit-in

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nytimes.com - 12/9/2008

Talks Fail to End Sit-In at Closed Factory

— nytimes.com — Meetings ended Monday night without bringing about an end to an increasingly tense occupation of the plant.... > (more) Talks Fail to End Sit-In at Closed Factory

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Progressive Breakfast: Big Meal Coming
LiberalOasis : The Blog — ... HuffPost's Peter Dreier: "Chicago aldermen have called for hearings on Republic, which received over $10 million in city redevelopment funds. They and Cook County officials suggested withdrawing hundreds of millions of dollars of government funds from the Bank of America... ...

The Children of Bakunin and Coca-Cola
Hit & Run — ... The Huffington Post's Peter Dreier, for example, presents the occupation as an early sign of reinvigorated government activism: ...

Windows on the Future?
City Journal Eye on the News and Books and Culture — ... and left-academic circles, meanwhile, the Republic action has sparked excitement. Plant occupations are what they used to call facts on the ground in ...