And so it begins

[malaise]

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ildwrFjwHYjvJPX2edZgBnNb8EEQD94TAHM82
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Workers laid off from their jobs at a Chicago 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 staging the sit-in in shifts this week after learning the plant was closing Friday.

[dana_b]

1. good for them

for standing up for themselves (as much as possible) and trying to get what is owed to them.

[malaise]

3. Workers won't take much more of this madness

Adios neoliberalism. You are history.

[madokie]

2. I wish I could go and join them.

[NightWatcher]

4. do not go quietly....rage rage. If all else fails, break shit

[panader0]

5. Or break wind.

[malaise]

8. I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YR6SMAJQW8Y

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

6. That didn't take as long as I thought.

But I have been predicting it for a while now.

Stay safe, brothers and sisters. You will have no friends amongst the members of the police unions.

[saigon68]

20. There are a few fascists in those "Unions"

Who would like to split skulls with their batons



kind of like this sub-humanoid

[malaise]

21. I do not rule out companies hiring private security

That's my fear.

edit subject.

[saigon68]

22. Ah yes Pinkertons in the Form of Blackwater Thugs

I wonder if they will bring their M-16 A4-s to the party

[leftstreet]

7. What would Marx say?

They don't want to take over the factory - they just want their vacation/severance pay.

[malaise]

9. He'd say (like Marley)

Get up Stand Up Stand up for your rights.

Gr.

[anaxarchos]

11. Hah...

Look up the history of the UE (United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers of America), sometime. They are the best, and they were once the biggest.

[leftstreet]

12. Oh, I'm not disputing that

It's just interesting that people see a "solidarity" thing here, when basically it's about getting the last paycheck before yet another manufacturer goes tits up.

They're not rallying to keep the plant open, right?

[malaise]

13. Not yet

And so it begins.

bold.

[leftstreet]

15. Point

:hi:

[malaise]

19. The tallest tree began as a seed

:hi:

[Octafish]

10. Solidarnosz

http://www.zum.de/whkmla/region/eceurope/poland198190.html

[DearAbby]

14. Solidarity!...............n/t

[onethatcares]

16. and so it begins,

now we'll find out why the troops are on American soil and we'll find out who's side they're on right quickly. We already know where blackwater and the police forces stand. As soon as no trespassing/keep out signs go up around the factory being occupied, how long do you think it will take for the authorities to take back for thier masters?

Damnit, they killed people at Kent State years ago and it was blamed on the people killed for being in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Now it does begin, hopefully the new incoming administration uses its' power wisely cause we know what the previous one thinks.

Peace.

[malaise]

18. We shall see and we can hope that the new administration will

not allow violence against protesting citizens. Even police and soldiers now have unemployed relatives. Unemployment was nowhere near these numbers in the 60s.

Link to a video about the occupation of the building.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x247799

[Are_grits_groceries]

17. Mother Jones is about in the land! nt