Union workers show they care, Bankers do not
December 9, 2008
Associated Press:
CHICAGO – Workers laid off from their jobs at a factory have occupied the building and are demanding assurances they’ll get severance and vacation pay that they say they are owed.
About 200 employees of Republic Windows and Doors began their sit-in Friday, the last scheduled day of the plant’s operation.
Lawmakers in Illinois have singled out Bank of America for criticism, blasting the Charlotte, N.C.-based company for cutting off the plant’s credit after the bank itself received $25 billion from the government’s financial bailout package. [my emphasis]
Leah Fried, an organizer with the United Electrical Workers, said the Chicago-based vinyl window manufacturer failed to give 60 days’ notice, required by law, before shutting down.
During the peaceful takeover, workers have been shoveling snow and cleaning the building, Fried said.
The gall to get taxpayer money and respond to employees in such a fashion.
You go, union brothers and sisters!!
