Please clarify. Do you mean the contract isn't between the company and the union, or that a company can't close a business in Chicago?
-- They tried to cheat these people out of their paychecks as well...how can you defend this? --
I don't see where I did defend it. I said any breach could be litigated. There is another contract in the Republic Window mess, and that is the one between Republic Window and Bank of America.
From the tone of your comment, I take it that these workers performed direct labor, and were not paid for that direct labor. Is that your position?
-- Do you not see how wrong it is to have special laws for the masters and none for the workers in our economy...the law is the law or should be. --
That's just a general feelgood statement. Of course I want the law to be predictable and fair; and contracts to be predicable and fair (and enforceable) too, not subject to populist and reactionary forces.
The contract was between the company and the union as far as I can tell was not based on a location...they only had one location and opened the Iowa plant subsequent to leaving Chicago. They did not pay their employees for the work they had performed either and did not honor their contract. This is not reactionary...fair is fair. A contract is a contract whether it’s with the Wall Street gang or a union or whatever. Contracts are broken on a regular basis- ask any lawyer. I just don’t understand the argument that somehow AIG bonuses are sacred somehow.