Thu Dec 11, 2008 at 13:05:30 PM EST
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After their six-day factory occupation, workers at Republic Window and Doors in Chicago unanimously voted to accept a $1.75 million settlement. Read details about the settlement here.
It will provide the workers with:
- Eight weeks of salary they are owed under the federal WARN Act;
- Two months of continued health coverage;
- All accrued and unused vacation pay.
Hundreds of laid-off workers began a sit-in last week after their company gave them just three days' notice the plant was closing, violating federal law.
This is a tremendous victory! But as Jobs with Justice articulates, this struggle is just beginning. "As the economic crisis deepened we need to launch a working class fight back. Click here to find an action near you.
And there's more positive news, the union has created a new foundation -- "Window of Opportunity Fund" -- dedicated to re-opening the plant. Initiated with "the thousands of dollars in donations to the union's Solidarity Fund that come in from across the country and around the world in just the past five days." Read more here. |
| Sheila Webb-Halpern :: VICTORY in Chicago! |
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