Good News - "Republic Windows Sit-In Workers To Get Jobs Back Under New Owner"

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Republic Windows Sit-In Workers To Get Jobs Back Under New Owner



CHICAGO (AP) -- There's good news for laid-off workers whose sit-in at a Chicago windows plant drew national attention to the plight of laborers last year.

Union representatives announced Thursday that the factory is reopening after a green-oriented windows manufacturer purchased Republic Windows and Doors.

United Electrical Workers spokesman Mark Meinster says all laid-off workers will be offered jobs at the reopened plant, and Meinster says workers are ecstatic.

In December, Republic's then owners gave workers just days notice before firing them. Around 200 occupied the plant for nearly a week until Republic agreed to demands for severance and accrued vacation pay.

The plant's new owner, Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Serious Materials, hasn't returned calls seeking comment.

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