Monday, May 13, 2013

A New Era for Worker Ownership, 5 Years in the Making

The New Era Windows Cooperative opens its doors (and windows) for business

By Kari Lydersen, In These Times
May 9, 2013

The workers know launching and running a company won’t be easy, but given their deep knowledge of the industry and their personal investment in the project, they are confident they can do it.

Today, in a revamped Campbell’s Soup building in an industrial and residential section of southwest Chicago, the New Era Windows Cooperative will celebrate the grand opening of its new factory.

Becoming a worker-owned cooperative is the latest chapter in the saga of the workers of Republic Windows and Doors, who gained the nation’s attention by occupying their factory—twice—and became a symbol of resistance in the face of corporate corruption and the economic crisis. [...]

Read the full article:
http://inthesetimes.com/article/14972/at_last_occupiers_turned_owners_celebrate_factory_opening/

For more on Republic Windows:
http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/2009/wilson260109.html

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