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Hartmarx Bankruptcy

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

Mike Elk | Posted 08.01.2009 | Business

Read More: Tarp, Chicago Sit-In, Chicago Workers Protest, Chicago Factory Sit-In, Hartmarx Bankruptcy, Phil Hare, Wells Fargo, United Electrical Workers, Business News
Mike Elk

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

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Obama Will Still Be Able to Get His Suits Made in Chicago

Elana Levin | Posted 07.31.2009 | Business

Read More: Labor, Hartmarx Obama, Hartmarx Bankruptcy, Hartmarx, Union, Wells Fargo, Workers United, Business News
Elana Levin

Hart Schaffner & Marx employees (famous for making suits for Obama) saved the suit maker's factories from threats of liquidation by TARP-infused creditor Wells Fargo bank.

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Hartmarx Bankruptcy: Judge Says Deal For Obama Suitmaker Should Move Forward

AP | Posted 07.03.2009 | Chicago

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CHICAGO (AP) -- After a weekend of negotiating, a deal to purchase the Chicago-based company that's made suits for President Barack Obama could move f...

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Wells Fargo Opposes Bid By British Bank To Buy Hartmarx

Chicago Tribune | Sandra M. Jones | Posted 06.29.2009 | Chicago

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Wells Fargo & Co., the lead lender to Hartmarx Corp., said it opposes the bid from London-based Emerisque Brands to buy the Chicago-based suit maker, ...

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Hartmarx Bankruptcy: Obama Suit Maker Accepts Offer From Emerisque

AP | Posted 06.22.2009 | Chicago

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CHICAGO — The company that made President Barack Obama's election night and Inauguration Day threads could stave off liquidation with a joint bi...

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Hartmarx Protest: Workers At Obama Suit Maker Vote To Stage Sit-In (VIDEO)

AP | Posted 06.11.2009 | Chicago

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CHICAGO (AP) -- Angry over billions in bailout money for Wells Fargo & Co., workers at a suburban Chicago factory where suits for President Barack Oba...

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Hartmarx Bankruptcy: Politicians Push To Keep Obama Suit Maker Open

New York Times | Posted 06.10.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Hartmarx Wells Fargo, Phil Hare, Alexi Giannoulias, Labor Movement, Hartmarx Bankruptcy, Hartmarx, Hart Schaffner Marx, Chicago News

Workers at a suburban Chicago suit company, which calls President Obama one of its customers but has filed for bankruptcy protection, are getting supp...

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Obama's Suit Maker Hartmarx Catches Break In Bankruptcy Court

Chi-Town Daily News | FERNANDO DIAZ | Posted 03.18.2009 | Chicago

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President Obama's suit maker scored some breathing room as a federal bankruptcy judge allowed Hart Schaffner Marx to continue making payments to emplo...

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Obama Suitmaker Hartmarx Files For Bankruptcy

AP | Posted 02.24.2009 | Chicago

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CHICAGO - The Chicago-based company that makes suits preferred by President Barack Obama has filed for bankruptcy. Hartmarx Corp. and its U.S. subsid...

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Obama's Suitmaker Facing Potential Bankruptcy

Chicago Sun-Times | Sandra Guy | Posted 02.21.2009 | Chicago

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Even as Chicago men's suitmaker Hartmarx Corp. reveled in President Barack Obama wearing one of its Hart Schaffner Marx suits at his inauguration Tues...

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