Republic Windows and Doors

Protests? Yes. Riots? No.

Peter Dreier | Posted 11.20.2011

Read More: Riots, Koch Brothers, National People?S Action, Civil Disobedience, Industrial Areas Foundation, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Protest, Obama, Alliance for a Just Society, Pico National Network, United Electrical Workers Union, Republic Windows and Doors, Politics News
Peter Dreier

We don't want riots. But we could certainly use more protest -- the kind of non-violent civil disobedience that propelled the women's suffrage, labor, civil rights, and environmental movements throughout the 20th century.

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San Francisco Mime Troupe's Latest: "Posibilidad, or Death of the Worker"

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Leftist, Triangle Fire, Sweatshop, Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, POSIBILIDAD or Death of the Worker, Labor, Theater, Michael Gene Sullivan, Bruckman Textile Mill, Republic Windows and Doors, SF Mime Troupe, Factory, Labor Day, Chris Weigant, Union, Argentina, Labor Movement, Buenos Aires, San Francisco Mime Troupe, Sit-In, Posibilidad, Sullivan, Bruckman, Politics News
Chris Weigant

If you are a member of a union (especially if you're an officer or hold other clout with your union), urge them to extend an invitation to the San Francisco Mime Troupe to perform POSIBILIDAD, or Death of the Worker.

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What the Iconic Labor Battle at Hugo Boss Means for Our Economic Future

Robert Creamer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: CEO Pay, Hugo Boss, Service Employees International Union, Alexi Giannoulias, Labor Unions, Republic Windows and Doors, Workers United, Financial Regulatory Reform, Hartmarx, Luis Gutierrez, Cleveland, Jan Schakowsky, Oscars, Trade Policy, Income Inequality, Permira, Politics News
Robert Creamer

Not only is the whole company profitable, there is every indication that the Cleveland plant is profitable as well. So why is Hugo Boss shuttering its Cleveland operation and sending 400 American workers onto unemployment lines?

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Bombing Capitalism

Esther Iverem | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Foreclosures, Capitalism Movie, Michael Moore, People of Color, Citigroup, Roger and Me, Countrywide, General Motors, Citigroup Memo, Marcy Kaptur, Plutocracy, Capitalism: A Love Story, Hurricane Katrina, Republic Windows and Doors, Entertainment News
Esther Iverem

On a throwback vibe, you could say that Capitalism: A Love Story is the bomb. By exploring the economic system of capitalism as an evil, Moore fires a salvo into the heart of America's social machine.

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Is the Opposite of Capitalism Democracy? A Review of Michael Moore's Capitalism: A Love Story

Anis Shivani | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Auto Industry, Foreclosures, Populism, Ronald Reagan, Larry Summers, Globalization, Economic Bill of Rights, Republic Windows and Doors, Goldman Sachs, Capitalism: A Love Story, General Motors, Dennis Kucinich, General Motors Bankruptcy, Roger & Me, Plutonomy, Financial Deregulation, Deindustrialization, Bill Clinton, Economic Crisis, Flint, Democracy, Franklin Roosevelt, Capitalism, Oligarchy, Nafta, Barack Obama, Sicko, Robert Rubin, Glass-Steagall Act, Jimmy Carter, Michael Moore, Alan Greenspan, Business News
Anis Shivani

Moore explicitly states that we ought to turn to democracy as the alternative to capitalism. But the opposite of capitalism is not democracy, it is socialism.

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Will Michael Moore's Capitalism Be A Game Changer?

Beau Friedlander | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Foreclosures, Mortgages, Countrywide, Michael Moore, Christopher Dodd, Documentary, PA Child Care, Capitalism: A Love Story, Fdr, Republic Windows and Doors, Capitalism Movie, Michael Moore Movie, Michael Moore Capitalism: A Love Story, Entertainment News
Beau Friedlander

Every time I see a new Michael Moore movie, America looks a little different to me. I feel an odd mixture of hopefulness, anger, and spiritual fatigue.

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Republic Windows Official In Custody For 'Hijacking Assets'

Chicago Tribune | Annie Sweeney and Matthew Walberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chicago Factory Sit-In, Republic Windows Investigation, Republic Windows and Doors, Chicago News

One official of Republic Windows and Doors, the Chicago company that abruptly shut down last year without paying severance and vacation pay to employe...

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Richard Gillman, Republic Windows CEO, Held On $10M Bail In Financial Crimes Investigation

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Republic Windows and Doors, Republic Windows Protest, Republic-Windows-Sit-In, Chicago Factory Sit-In, Chicago Factory Protest, Republic Windows Investigation, Richard Gillman, Chicago News

CHICAGO — A judge has set bond at $10 million for the former CEO of a Chicago factory where workers staged a high-profile sit-in last year. Ric...

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Republic Windows Broke Federal Labor Law

Chi-Town Daily News | FERNANDO DIAZ | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Republic Windows and Doors Lay Offs, Chicago Factory Sit-In, Republic Windows Labor Law, Republic Windows and Doors Chicago, Republic Windows and Doors, Chicago News

The National Labor Relations Board's regional director has found Republic Doors and Windows violated federal labor law in closing the company's Goose ...

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Republic Windows Sit-In Workers To Get Jobs Back Under New Owner

AP | MICHAEL TARM | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Serious Materials, Republic Windows Workers, Green Jobs, Job Cuts, Republic Windows Sit-In, Chicago Sit-In, Green Business, Chicago Factory Protest, Organized Labor, Labor Movement, Republic Windows and Doors, Chicago News

CHICAGO — The factory where laid-off workers staged a highly publicized sit-in that garnered national attention last year was sold to a Californ...

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Republic Sit-In Workers Kick Off National Labor Tour

Chi-Town Daily News | Megan Cottrell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Republic Windows Workers, Labor Movement, Republic Windows Protest, Republic Windows and Doors, Chicago News

Two months ago, the workers at Republic Windows and Doors went from regular people to national stars and started a conversation about the economic cri...

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Republic Windows Factory May Reopen Under New Owner

Crain's Chicago Business | Meghan Streit | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Republic Windows Factory, Serious Materials, Serious Materials Republic, Republic Windows New Owner, Republic Windows and Doors, Chicago News

Republic Windows & Doors Inc., whose sudden closure in December garnered national attention, may be back in business with a new owner. California-bas...

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$10 Million Tax Subsidy To Closed Republic Factory Can't Be Recovered

Chicago Reader | Mick Dumke | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Republic Tif Money, Republic Tif, Chicago Tax Subsidies, Tifs, Republic Windows and Doors, Chicago News

So much for that $10 million. As expected, Daley administration officials told aldermen [Monday] that the city can't recover any of the taxpayer-fund...

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City Wants TIF Money Back From Closed Republic Windows Factory

Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Republic Tifs, Republic Tif Money, Republic Windows, Tifs, Republic Windows and Doors, Chicago News

Top mayoral aides will appear before a City Council committee today to explain what, if any, legal action the city will take against shuttered Republi...

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Republic Windows Workers Continue Fight Against Bankrupt Company

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Labor, Republic Windows Injunction, Republic Windows Protest, United Electrical Workers, Chicago Workers Protest, Labor Movement, Republic Windows and Doors, Chicago News

CHICAGO — A union representing Chicago workers whose recent factory sit-in drew national attention are taking new action against the now-bankrup...

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Workers End Protest At Closed Chicago Factory

AP | MICHAEL TARM | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bank of America, Republic Windows Protest, Chicago Factory Sit-in Ends, Chicago Sit-In, Bank of America Protest, Labor Movement, Chicago Factory Protest, Republic Workers Settlement, Republic Windows and Doors Chicago, Republic Windows and Doors, Labor, Chicago Workers Strike, Chicago Factory Sit-In, Chicago Factory Protest Ends, Chicago Workers Protest, Bank of America and Republic Windows & Doors, Chicago Protest, Protesting Workers Settlement, Chicago News

CHICAGO — They've taken their sleeping bags and pillows back home and hauled away their protest placards after ending a nearly weeklong sit-in a...

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Obama Embraces Chicago Factory Sit-In: Symbol of New Wave of Activism

Peter Dreier | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Workers, Chicago, Protest, Obama, Sit-In, Union, Bush, Republic Windows and Doors, Recession, Business News
Peter Dreier

The bold factory take-over by the Republic workers in Chicago may be a fluke, or it just could be the opening salvo of a new wave of grassroots activism inspired by Obama's campaign.

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