Dissenting Account of the Republic Settlement

An interesting dissenting view, from Darren Hutchinson of Dissenting Justice on the settlement between Bank of America and workers who staged a sit-in at Republic Windows and Doors in Chicago. (See our recently-posted article about the sit-in and settlement here; our January/February issue will include a comment by UMass-Boston economist Randy Albelda on the financial crisis and the shredded safety net.) The back-story about the company's political connections is particularly interesting. I think part of what is going on is that people are so unused to any kind of labor militancy that they were quick to take anything they could get. An Argentine-style takeover of the factory (with or without help from the state) would have been even better than state-supported safety-net provisions and retraining, no?.

What (I Think) Progressives Should Have Done for Workers of Republic Windows and Doors









Better Analysis of the Bailout







Getting to the True Problem: The Need for Emergency Aid











Strange Silence Surrounding Republic Windows and Doors






This is the full post;  click here and scroll down for related earlier posts on Dissenting Justice.

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