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Chicago Workers Sit In

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

Esther J. Cepeda | Posted 01.09.2009 | Chicago

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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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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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