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Article: Victory at Republic!(Collapse of Capitalism?)(Republic Windows & Doors)
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- Synthesis/Regeneration
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- March 22, 2009
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With a unanimous vote, workers at the Republic Windows & Doors plant in Chicago ended their six-day factory occupation on December 10, 2008 after Bank of America and other lenders agreed to fund about $2 million in severance and vacation pay as well as health insurance.
"Everybody feels great," said a tired but beaming Armando Robles, president of United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers (UE) Local 1110.
Melvin Maclin, the local's vice president, agreed. "I feel wonderful," he said. "I feel validated as a human being. Everybody is so overjoyed. This is significant because it shows workers everywhere that we do have a voice in this economy. Because ...