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Cabrera, 44, spent the last 17 years building windows and working in shipping. He says he didn't really think he'd be part of the largest labor sit-in in recent memory. When Republic was still up and running, he had heard rumors about troubled finances. One of the...
The union's 240 members voted to stage a sit-in late Friday. Since then, they have split into three teams handling cleaning the factory plant, security, and greeting media and supporters outside the plant. Each sit-in shift roughly follows the plant's old schedule: 6 a.m.-2 p.m...
The Republic shutdown and the plight of its workers has attracted statewide as well as national attention. On Sunday, President-elect Barack Obama acknowledged the workers' situation, saying, "I think these workers, if they have earned their benefits and their pay, then these companies need to follow through on those...
But finding that alternative path - especially if it means prolonging the sit-in throwing Bangkok off balance - risks stoking more violence. And it's not clear who members of PAD, which is not a political party itself, want to lead the country after Samak. Although many of those barricaded at...
University President Drew G. Faust made known last week that she will attend the Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) commissioning ceremony this spring. In so doing, Faust finds herself following in the footsteps of her predecessor Lawrence H. Summers, who was a strong advocate for students participating in ROTC during...