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nytimes.com - 12/9/2008

Talks Fail to End Sit-In at Closed Factory

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Meetings ended Monday night without bringing about an end to an increasingly tense occupation of the plant. >

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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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washingtonpost.com - 12/9/2008

Illinois Governor Supports Workers Occupying Closed Chicago Factory

— washingtonpost.com — Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from... the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. ... (more) Illinois Governor Supports Workers Occupying Closed ...

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chicagobreakingnews.com - 12/8/2008

No end yet to worker sit-in

— chicagobreakingnews.com — 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 ... (more) No end yet to worker sit-in

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The Right to Credit
Patterico's Pontifications — [Guest post by DRJ] Didn’t we just go through a mortgage meltdown because government forced mortgage companies to loan to people regardless of their credit status? It looks like Illinois learned nothing from that experience: “Illinois will no longer do business with Bank of America until the bank restores credit to the shuttered factory here where workers are continuing their sit-in, Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich announced Monday. Executives at the plant, Republic Windows and Doors, which is on the city’s North Side, have said they need the restoration of their line of credit, which the bank canceled last week, to ...

Back to the Future?
The Monkey Cage — It really is the 1930s all over again. The economy is collapsing and now we have sit-down strikes again. This reminds me of my favorite John L. Lewis anecdote. Lewis was the larger than life union leader who founded the United Mine Workers and the CIO. During the 1937 sit-down strike at General Motors, Lewis met with Frank Murphy, the governor of Michigan. Murphy told Lewis that he was going to call in the National Guard to clear the factories because, as governor, he was duty bound to uphold the law. Lewis responded: When your ...

Republic Windows and Doors
QandO — This particular case is emblematic of how asinine our situation has become, but typical, I think, of our future. ...

Quick Hit: Chicago workers win victory
Feministing — ... The factory was slated to close when the Bank of America refused to continue credit to Republic Windows and Doors, a manufacturer of energy-efficient doors and windows, which would have not only put 300 people out of work and the benefits (including health care) that went along with it, but denied the workers the compensation and earned vacation and severance to which they were entitled. This is despite Bank of America having received millions of dollars in the financial bailout for the exact purpose of being able to give loans and credits to businesses. Since the bailout was ...