Biden Tours Government Supported Chicago Factory

ABC TV Chicago reports:

Biden's first stop was the site of a worker sit-in in December. He talked about the federal stimulus package and how it is helping them.

The vice president, Chicago Mayor Richard Daley and both Illinois United States senators celebrated the re-opening of the North Side factory. It will be used to manufacture what are called the most energy-efficient doors and windows in the world by a self-described green company.

That company took the building over from the Republic Windows and Doors Company that suddenly closed in December. About 270 workers were laid off with virtually no notice. They lost their benefits and severance and actually locked themselves inside the factory for several days as a parade of politicians used the incident to dramatize what had gone wrong with the economy.


California-based Serious Materials will now reopen the plant and hire back hundreds of those same workers laid off by Republic. Serious believes it can succeed because the Obama administration has set aside $20 billion in stimulus money for everyone to buy energy-saving products like those to be produced there.

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