Echo Windows, indeed. The only echo is the sound of yet another window factory owned by Richard Gilman shutting down. Several commenters to this blog had recently pointed out that Gilman’s Iowa plant of Echo Windows was shutting down, too – this after he shuttered his Illinois-based Republic Windows, causing a sit-in of workers that garnered national attention, including that of President Obama. Here’s a great article with all the nasty details. What a tangled, nasty web….
Posted by: pbarbanes | March 13, 2009
Echoes of Richard Gilman’s Republic Windows disgrace
Posted in Community Organizing
I am a reporter. There may be some interesting developments re: this story. I’m asking former employees of Republic Windows and Glass to send me an email at jo napolitano @ hotmail. c o m. Sorry for funky writing. Don’t want to be spammed.
By: jo Napolitano on September 9, 2009
at 2:26 pm
http://www.cia-auction.com/auctiondata/index.cgi?Detail=638&Field=key_field&Key=.*&Sort=time&Sort_num=on
I guess you have seen the echo windows auction flyer and i guess this brings the story full circle.
By: Lowell R on November 24, 2009
at 5:00 am