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["Lisa K.V. Perry" <lisakvperry AT gmail.com>]

On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 3:03 PM, bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com> wrote:

> I really don't know what to make of this except I think these people are
> wasting their time.  Evidently this is the first 'sit-in' of a closing
> business, since the 1930s, according to this article
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>
> Idled workers occupy factory in Chicago
>
> Associated Press Writer – 1 hr 4 mins ago 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.


They might be wasting their time but I champion their spirit and gumption.

lkvp