Labor
The plant's new owner, Serious Materials, says it expects demand for its energy efficient windows will rise because of provisions in the stimulus package. Because of that, the company is ramping up production.
8 months ago | Fernando Diaz
A California company purchased Republic Windows and Doors out of bankruptcy. The Goose Island plant could reopen in as little as a month, gradually rehiring some of the 300 workers laid off from it.
8 months ago | Peter Sachs
A battle rages between the leadership of UNITE and HERE, but members of the Chicago local say they are too busy fighting for workers' rights to join the fray.
8 months ago | Fernando Diaz
Richard Gillman, the president of bankrupt Republic Windows and Doors on Goose Island, shut down a plant in Iowa. Gillman purchased the plant and renamed it Echo Windows in December, one day after he announced Republic's closure.
8 months ago | Peter Sachs
Students at the DePaul College of Law are looking for a new hotel at which to host their annual Barrister's Ball. They want out of their contract with the Congress Plaza Hotel because of a labor dispute.
9 months ago | Fernando Diaz
Workers say federal legislation would make it easier for them to form unions in the face of management opposition. They say that's key to ensuring they make a living wage.
9 months ago | Fernando Diaz
Chicago organized labor is rallying around a proposed federal law that would make it easier for employees to form unions. They hope Democrats will eventually make it law.
9 months ago | Fernando Diaz
City College of Chicago instructors had their contracts extended by mistake last week, officials say. Today, the Board of Trustees reversed that decision. Union officials expressed dismay.
9 months ago | Peter Sachs
An upscale clothier seeking protection in bankruptcy court won a reprieve of sorts. But Hartmarx is still struggling and it is unclear for how long it - and its employees - will last, experts say.
9 months ago | Fernando Diaz
Officials at a high-end apparel company that made history by signing a labor contract with striking workers in 1911 is scheduled to go to bankruptcy court tomorrow.
9 months ago | Fernando Diaz
The union members who staged a six day sit-in at a Chicago plant are speaking in the city and around the nation this week about their struggle and the current economic crisis.
9 months ago | Megan Cottrell
The union says college officials no longer provide notification when a faculty member is disciplined. A City Colleges spokeswoman says there's been no policy change.
9 months ago | Peter Sachs
Striking workers hoped to speak against a rumored lawsuit settlement between the city and hotel. Commissioners declined to hear from the approximately 60 workers, union representatives and sympathizers.
10 months ago | Claire Bushey
A California-based company confirms it is seeking to buy Republic, and plans to rehire the approximately 300 workers who were laid off when the Goose Island plant closed. Workers involved in a sit-in at the plant say it was worth it.
10 months ago | Claire Bushey
In December, the Goose Island manufacturer provided workers with just three days' notice that the factory would close. A sit-in at the plant attracted national attention.
10 months ago | Claire Bushey
