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CHICAGO — Workers have approved a $1.75 million agreement, ending a sit-in that lasted six days at a Chicago window and door factory.
U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez said late Wednesday that each former Republic Windows & Door employee would get eight weeks’ salary, all accrued vacation pay and two months’ paid health care. He says it works out to about $7,000 for each worker.
The plant’s owners, union leaders and Bank of America forged the agreement Wednesday.
Bank of America spokeswoman Julie Westermann said the company loaned $1.35 million. Gutierrez said JPMorgan Chase & Co. added $400,000.
Workers began their sit-in after the plant gave them three days’ notice that it was closing.
