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September 11, 2009

Ex-CEO of Worker-Occupied Window Factory Arrested on Fraud Charges
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Meanwhile, in Chicago the former chief executive of a window factory
that gained notoriety for a worker sit-in has been arrested and held on
$10 million bond. Richard Gillman is accused of conspiring to launder
funds from Chicago’s Republic Windows and Doors factory and secretly
removing its equipment. The alleged offenses came around the time
Gillman abruptly ordered the factory’s closure to sell it to another
company. Instead, workers occupied the plant to win back their severance
and vacation pay. The factory has remained open under new management.



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