Have you ever participated in a “sit-in”? How’d it work out?
I remember “sit-ins” from my youth; and this story reminded me of them. Have you ever participated in a “sit-in”; any stories about “sit-ins”?
“Republic Windows & Doors, union leaders and Bank of America reached the deal Wednesday evening. Each former Republic employee will get eight weeks’ salary, all accrued vacation pay and two months’ paid health care”
“Lawmakers earlier criticized Bank of America for cutting off funds to the plant after it exhausted its credit line even though the Charlotte, N.C.-based bank itself received $25 billion from the government’s financial bailout package. The bank was given that money so it could provide credit to companies like Republic that employ workers, Meinster said.”
~’Chicago workers end sit-in at closed factory’, By Michael Tarm, Associated Press, Yahoo News
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ildwrFjwHYjvJPX2edZgBnNb8EEQD950FBUO1
I participated in protest marches during the Vietnam War and a sit in in college against policies enacted by our college president. The protest marches took a while to have an impact. The sit in worked for the most part. In the case of our sit in the power was in the media we invited.
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