https://www.dailykos.com/news/RepublicWindows&Doors News Community Action Copyright 2005 - Steal what you want Tue, 28 Jan 2020 00:54:14 +0000 Tue, 28 Jan 2020 00:54:14 +0000 Daily Kos rss@dailykos.com (Daily Kos) Daily Kos rss@dailykos.com (Daily Kos) https://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/12/8/670841/-BOFA-Issues-Statement-Sorry-Nothing-Personal-Just-Business <p>For those unfamiliar with the current affairs of Republic Windows &amp; Doors here is a short summary:</p> <p>The manufacturing company produced doors and windows primarily for the residential construction industry. Due to the severe decline in the construction industry, sales at the company dropped dramatically. Bank of America cancelled its line of credit due to the downturn at the plant.</p> rss@dailykos.com (sweetliberty) Bank of America BankofAmerica RepublicWindows&Doors _670841 Tue, 09 Dec 2008 00:25:19 +0000 https://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/12/8/670675/-Lets-save-millions-of-jobs-SHUT-down-Bank-of-America <p>Bank of America received billions in taxpayers dollars to revive the <br />economy with lending. &nbsp;Now we find out they aren't lending the money <br />out...they're buying up smaller banks with the money...and companies <br />like Republic Door and Window all over the country are cutting jobs <br />after BofA said they shouldn't pay the workers severance pay and <br />benefits.</p> rss@dailykos.com (thedaybeforeyesterday) Bank of America BankofAmerica Illinois RepublicWindows&Doors RodBlagojevich Unions _670675 Mon, 08 Dec 2008 17:32:34 +0000 https://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/12/6/670132/-200-laid-off-factory-workers-occupy-factory-demand-owed-compensation <p>THIS is what real activists do.</p> <p>In Chicago, 200 factory workers laid off Friday from the Republic Window's &amp; Doors Company have occupied the building in a peaceful protest to demand severence pay and wages owed to them.</p> <p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081206/ap_on_re_us/workers_takeover">According to A.P. (via yahoo news)</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>About 200 employees of Republic Windows and Doors began their sit-in Friday, the last scheduled day of the plant's operation.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>Workers also were angered when company officials didn't show up for a meeting Friday that had been arranged by U.S. Rep Luis Gutierrez, a Chicago Democrat, she said.</p> <p>During the peaceful takeover, workers have been shoveling snow and cleaning the building, Fried said.</p> </blockquote> rss@dailykos.com (LaKathie) BankofAmerrica FactoryWorkers Lay-offs RepublicWindows&Doors Rescued _670132 Sat, 06 Dec 2008 19:57:16 +0000