Chicago Workers Protest

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Worker Uprising Against Wells Fargo Spreads After Major Victory To Keep Factories Open

Mike Elk | Posted 08.01.2009 | Business

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The victory of Hartmarx workers yesterday represents a major triumph in the growing trend of factory sit ins.

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Republic Windows Workers Continue Fight Against Bankrupt Company

AP | Posted 02.06.2009 | Chicago

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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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Republic Windows Employees Get Settlement Checks

CBS | Posted 01.19.2009 | Chicago

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William Brandt Jr., president and CEO of Development Specialists Inc., hands out settlement checks to the more than 250 Republic Windows and Doors emp...

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Chicago Protest Workers Celebrate Victory

Progress Illinois | Josh Kalven | Posted 01.17.2009 | Chicago

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On Monday night, labor leaders, organizers, and workers from the closed plant gathered on Chicago's West Side to celebrate the success of the Republic...

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Chicago Sit-In Workers Hope To Inspire Labor Movement

AP | MICHAEL TARM | Posted 01.11.2009 | Chicago

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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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Workers End Protest At Closed Chicago Factory

AP | MICHAEL TARM | Posted 01.11.2009 | Chicago

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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 Continue Protest As New Creditor Emerges

AP | MICHAEL TARM | Posted 01.10.2009 | Chicago

CHICAGO — Workers have approved a $1.75 million agreement, ending a sit-in that lasted six days at a Chicago window and door factory. U.S. Rep....

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Laid Off Workers Occupying Chicago Factory Win Big Round Against Bank Of America

AP | MICHAEL TARM | Posted 01.09.2009 | Chicago

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CHICAGO — The creditor of a Chicago plant where laid-off employees are conducting a sit-in to demand severance pay said Tuesday it would extend ...

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Chicago Factory Workers Protest (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Posted 01.08.2009 | Chicago

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UPDATE A meeting to resolve the sit-in Monday night ended without success, but representatives from Bank of America, Republic and the union agreed t...

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Illinois Governor Suspends Business With Bank Of America

Huffington Post | Katharine Zaleski | Posted 01.08.2009 | Chicago

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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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Laid Off Workers Refuse To Leave Chicago Factory

AP | RUPA SHENOY | Posted 01.06.2009 | Chicago

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CHICAGO — Workers who got three days' notice that their factory was shutting its doors have occupied the building and say they won't go home wit...

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Laid Off Workers Stage Sit-In At Shuttered Plant

CBS 2 | Posted 01.05.2009 | Chicago

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Workers have staged a sit-in at the now-shuttered Republic Windows and Doors plant on Goose Island, angry that Bank of America has cut the company off...

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