Worker Takeover in Chicago

program:  Evening News program date:  Sun, 12/07/2008 In Chicago, a group of two hundred fifty workers have taken over a factory, after the bosses announced that they were shutting the plant down. The management of Republic Windows & Doors factory gave workers only three days' notice that they would all be fired, and the plant would be closed. The workers decided to employ a tactic made popular during the Great Depression, by occupying the factory for the last three days. KBOO's Jenka Soderberg spoke with Nelson Lichtenstein, a professor of History at the University of California who has written extensively on the history of organized labor in the US.   3:02 minutes (2.78 MB)