Bank of America and Republic Windows Doors

Workers End Protest At Closed Chicago Factory

AP | MICHAEL TARM | Posted 05.25.2011

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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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Republic Workers and the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Sarah van Gelder | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sarah van Gelder

The factory sit-in could launch an economic human rights movement that takes off where Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. left off when he was assassinated supporting striking sanitation workers.

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The Immigrant Story That Wasn't: Laid Off Republic Windows Employees Just Regular Working Stiffs

Esther J. Cepeda | Posted 05.25.2011

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Esther J. Cepeda

I am absolutely stunned that the peaceful sit in at the Republic Windows and Doors factory and warehouse has not been stuck in the ghetto of "immigrant story."

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Illinois Governor Suspends Business With Bank Of America

Huffington Post | Katharine Zaleski | Posted 05.25.2011

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Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich announced Monday that he is asking all Illinois government agencies to suspend business with Bank of America. Blagoj...

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