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Save jobs and housing: Demand a people’s bailout now!
December 10, 2008Bank of America and Wall Street got bailed out. Workers, homeowners and Main Street got sold out. Chicago Jobs with Justice, in coordination with community, labor and faith partners, is calling all supporters to: RALLY FOR...
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Chicago, Cook County threaten to cut ties with Bank of America over Republic workers
December 9, 2008CHICAGO — City aldermen and Cook County commissioners vowed to cut ties with Bank of America if it didn't give 250 sit-in strikers the pay they were due. Workers occupying the Republic Windows and Doors factory,...
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Illinois tells Bank of America ‘no business’ after workers sit in
December 9, 2008CHICAGO (AP) — Gov. Rod Blagojevich ordered all state agencies Dec. 8 to stop doing business with Bank of America to try to pressure the bank into helping laid-off workers staging a sit-in at their shuttered...
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Barack Obama on the side of workers occupying factory
December 9, 2008CHICAGO — As news of workers occupying the Republic Windows and Doors factory here spread across the nation Dec. 7, President-elect Barack Obama came out on the side of the workers. “When it comes to the...
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Solidarity pours in for Chicago workers occupying factory, Obama says demands are ‘absolutely right’
December 8, 2008CHICAGO (Updated) – Solidarity is pouring in for 250 workers who have been sitting-in for three days at Republic Windows and Doors, including from President-elect Barack Obama. The company closed abruptly Dec. 5 because Bank of...
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