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Mar 1, 2009 4:44 pm US/Central

Stimulus Money May Re-Open Chicago Windows Factory

CHICAGO (AP) ―

Click to enlarge 1 of 5: Laid off workers peer through the doors of the their abruptly shuttered factory where they staged a sit-in on Dec. 5, 2008, demanding that the bank which cut off credit to the Chicago company free up some financing so they can be paid their final wages.
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Click to enlarge 2 of 5: Workers at the now-defunct Republic Windows and Doors are demanding wages and benefits they say they are due.
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Click to enlarge 3 of 5: Workers, organizers and members of the press gather outside the Republic Windows and Doors factory on Dec. 8, 2008, in Chicago, Ill.
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Click to enlarge 4 of 5: Miguel Ramirez holds a picket outside the Republic Windows and Doors factory Dec. 8, 2008, in Chicago, Ill.
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Click to enlarge 5 of 5: Apolina Cabrera and his wife, Margarita, are expecting another child on Christmas Day. But the stress of his sudden layoff has the family worried about how they'll make ends meet.
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Window Factory To Reopen Months After Sit-In
(2/26/2009)
Union Takes New Action Against Republic Windows
(1/6/2009)
Factory Workers Face Unemployment This Holiday
(12/25/2008)
Laid-Off Workers At Factory Find Outside Support
(12/7/2008)
Workers Vote To End Sit-In At Factory
(12/11/2008)
Chicago Workers Vote To End Sit-In
(12/11/2008)
Union Says Republic Windows Sit-In Not Over Yet
(12/10/2008)
No Resolution In Republic Windows Factory Sit-In
(12/9/2008)
Ill. Gov. Pressures Bank To Help Laid-Off Workers
(12/8/2008)
Obama, Jackson React To Day 3 Of Worker Sit-In
(12/7/2008)

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden says a Chicago factory where workers staged a sit-in is an early beneficiary of stimulus legislation.

Biden singles it out in a joint statement with Senator Dick Durbin.

About 200 laid-off workers briefly occupied the Republic Windows & Doors factory in December after Republic gave them just days notice before shutting down.

A green-oriented windows maker, California-based Serious Materials, announced Thursday it's bought Republic's assets and hopes to reopen the plant with the same workers.

Durbin notes there are billions in stimulus funds for weatherization programs that should create demand for Serious Materials products.

Biden says the plant's reopening would show how quickly stimulus money can create jobs.

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