Republic Windows and Doors
Richard Gillman diverted money from the Goose Island factory to set up a debt-free company in Iowa, prosecutors say. Republic's closing cost scores of workers their jobs.
2 months ago | Peter Sachs
Richard Gillman is accused of organizing a financial crimes enterprise. Questions about business dealings were chronicled in Daily News articles several months ago.
2 months ago | Peter Sachs
3 months ago | Adrian G. Uribarri
Vice president touts stimulus package as he meets with local and federal officials, workers and union reps at former Republic Windows and Door plant now operated by California company.
6 months ago | Fernando Diaz
The company declared bankruptcy in December, throwing more than 200 people out of work. It was scheduled to reopen earlier this month, but a union representative says plans for the factory are unclear.
6 months ago | Fernando Diaz
Mayor Daley's critics have argued the TIFs have created a slush fund for developers at the expense of revenues for schools and other local governments. The law mandates Web access to TIF records.
7 months ago | Fernando Diaz
The Window of Opportunity fund accepted public donations for workers in the wake of the closure and subsequent labor protests in December at Republic's Goose Island plant. Two workers say the money was mismanaged.
7 months ago | Fernando Diaz
The National Labor Relations Board's regional director has found Republic Doors and Windows violated federal labor law in closing the company's Goose Island plant.
7 months ago | Fernando Diaz
Workers at Fillip Metal Cabinet Co. say the company is closing, and they may not receive severance pay. Their union may pursue a complaint with federal labor regulators.
8 months ago | Fernando Diaz
RED OAK, IOWA -- A business deal here involving Richard Gillman, owner of Chicago's Republic Windows, left a trail of unpaid debts and unemployed workers. Now a company linked to Gillman is facing a $1 million lawsuit, and Red Oak residents are contemplating more legal action.
8 months ago | Peter Sachs
Echo Windows operated for less than two months before owner Richard Gillman appeared at the Iowa plant and announced it would close immediately. The plant's former owners say they haven't been paid.
8 months ago | Peter Sachs
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
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
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
