Two former workers from the bankrupt Republic Windows and Doors factory, Armando Robles and Ricky Macklin, talk with host Dick Gordon about what has happened since they held a lock-in in 2008. In May this year, with help from labor organizations in Chicago and a loan from The Working World, they were able to 鈥渇ire the boss鈥� and start an employee-owned factory, New Era Windows Cooperative. 鈥淲e used to always say that owners need workers, but workers don鈥檛 necessarily need owners,鈥� Macklin says.
Hear . Also in this show: We look back at of the Republic Windows and Doors factory; and since the verdict of the Trayvon Martin case, playwright has been thinking about where we, as a country, are.
