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Title: Chicago workers vote to end sit-in at factory (AP)
Post by: riky on December 11, 2008, 05:02:51 AM
Chicago workers vote to end sit-in at factory
    (AP)

 


<p><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20081210/capt.af51566870d84425846bfd529a0465e5.workers_takeover_ilgh104.jpg?x=130&y=109&q=85&sig=avQDqwxU8ZokQMoV2gzffQ--" align="left" height="109" width="130" alt="Demonstrators march through downtown Chicago Dec. 10, 2008 in support of members of Local 1110 of the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America. The office of Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill.,   says JP Morgan Chase has pledged $400,000 to use strictly for the workers laid off last week by Republic Windows and Doors. The laid-off workers are staging a sit-in at the plant in a demand for pay.  (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)" border="0" /> (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081211/ap_on_re_us/workers_takeover)AP - Workers have approved a $1.75 million agreement, ending a sit-in that lasted six days at a Chicago window and door factory.</p><br clear="all"/>


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