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Chicago workers end sit-in at closed factory

CHICAGO – With cheers and chants that echoed President-elect Barack Obama's campaign of change, jubilant workers agreed to a $1.75 million settlement that ends their six-day occupation of a shuttered Chicago factory that became a symbol of the plight of labor nationwide.

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, said U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez, who helped broker the deal. He said it works out to about $7,000 apiece.

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Good for them! They deserved it and it's heartening to see people stick up for themselves in this f'k'd up world.
Hopefully, with the new year and new president, we can overcome some of this hardship.