Laid-off workers occupy Chicago factory, seek pay

CHICAGO (Reuters) – Invoking Main Street resentment of Wall Street's federal bailout, some 200 workers entered their third day of occupying a shuttered Chicago window and door factory on Sunday, demanding that Bank of America agree to pay them severance plus vacation pay.

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Bank of America says it will extend credit to a Chicago window and door maker whose workers have occupied the factory for five days.

The bank said Tuesday that it's willing to give the Republic Windows and Doors factory "a limited amount of additional loans." That's so it can resolve claims of employees who have staged a sit-in since Friday.

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I wonder what happens in 2 weeks when payroll comes around again, and then 2 weeks after that, then 2 weeks after that.
If you cannot sell enough product to make payroll, maybe you need another line of work.

I got some old news to regurgitate....


At a press conference Monday morning, Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich (D) said his administration would suspend doing business with Bank of America if credit wasn't reinstated to Republic Windows & Doors

Wonder how much he got paid to take this stance? Bank of America shoulda been on the ball, and had this guy paid, what a bunch of dumbasses.Illinois Gov. threatens Bank of America