Last December, workers at a Republic Windows factory near downtown Chicago occupied the plant for several days after they were informed that they were losing their jobs immediately and the plant was closing. The workers staged the sit-in because the company had violated Federal law that said a plant that large, 260 workers, is required to give either 60 days notice of a closing or 60 days pay. The workers got paid.rnNow there's good news that those workers may be getting their jobs back because a California company, Serious Materials, is buying the factory in order to manufacture energy-efficient windows.rnThe news follows the passage of the President's stimulus package.
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