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President-elect Obama sides w/sit-in workers
by bgetch.
CHICAGO (AP) - President-elect Barack Obama is weighing in on behalf of workers staging a sit-in on the factory floor of their former Chicago employer to protest abruptly losing their jobs last week.
Obama told a news conference Sunday that Republic Windows and Doors should follow through on its commitments to the 200 workers, who say they won’t leave the plant until they are assured they’ll receive their severance and vacation pay. Read the rest of this entry »
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Worker Sit-In
by bgetch.
Workers Remain In Shuttered Plant
Protest Becomes Symbol For Economic Mess; Meeting Set For Today To Discuss Standoff
CHICAGO (CBS) ― Chicago window factory workers in the fourth day of a sit-in at their former workplace will meet today with politicians, company owners and bank officials to help resolve the standoff.
The 200 workers demanding severance and vacation pay have become a national symbol for thousands of employees laid off nationwide. They occupied the plant of their former employer, Republic Windows and Doors, after the company abruptly fired them last week. Read the rest of this entry »
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Dressing up for global warming
by bgetch.
POZNAN, Poland (Reuters) - Thousands of climate protesters, some dressed as polar bears, devils or penguins, demanded on Saturday swifter action from the United Nations to combat global warming.
Outside U.N.-led talks in Poland aimed at pushing 187 countries toward stiffer targets to fight global warming, some 1,000 demonstrators said governments were risking the planet’s future by delaying action to squabble over who was to blame.
Several thousand more protesters took part in a march through London to demand “urgent and radical action” from the British government on climate change. Read the rest of this entry »
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