New Era Windows, the Glossary
New Era Windows is an American worker cooperative formed by Chicago union members seeking to purchase their workplace, a window manufacturing plant located on Goose Island.[1]
Table of Contents
19 relations: Bank of America, Capitalism: A Love Story, Chicago, Flint sit-down strike, Goose Island (Chicago), In These Times (magazine), JPMorgan Chase, Lisa Madigan, Mesirow Financial, Michael Moore, Occupy Chicago, Republic Windows and Doors, Rod Blagojevich, Trade union, United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America, WBEZ, Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act of 1988, Worker cooperative, Yes! (U.S. magazine).
- 2012 establishments in Illinois
- Cooperatives based in Illinois
- Manufacturing companies established in 2012
- Window manufacturers
- Worker cooperatives of the United States
Bank of America
The Bank of America Corporation (often abbreviated BofA or BoA) is an American multinational investment bank and financial services holding company headquartered at the Bank of America Corporate Center in Charlotte, North Carolina, with investment banking and auxiliary headquarters in Manhattan.
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Capitalism: A Love Story
Capitalism: A Love Story is a 2009 American documentary film directed, written by, and starring Michael Moore.
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Chicago
Chicago is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States.
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Flint sit-down strike
The 1936–1937 Flint sit-down strike, also known as the General Motors sit-down strike, or the great GM sit-down strike, was a sitdown strike at the General Motors plant in Flint, Michigan, United States.
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Goose Island (Chicago)
Goose Island is a 160 acre artificial island in Chicago, Illinois, formed by the North Branch of the Chicago River on the west and the North Branch Canal on the east.
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In These Times (magazine)
In These Times is an American politically progressive monthly magazine of news and opinion published in Chicago, Illinois.
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JPMorgan Chase
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (stylized as JPMorganChase) is an American multinational finance company headquartered in New York City and incorporated in Delaware.
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Lisa Madigan
Lisa Murray Madigan (born July 30, 1966) is an American lawyer and politician.
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Mesirow Financial
Mesirow is a privately held financial services company based in Chicago, Illinois.
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Michael Moore
Michael Francis Moore (born April 23, 1954) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and author.
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Occupy Chicago
Occupy Chicago was an ongoing collaboration that included peaceful protests and demonstrations against economic inequality, corporate greed and the influence of corporations and lobbyists on government which began in Chicago on September 24, 2011.
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Republic Windows and Doors
Republic Windows and Doors is based in Chicago, Illinois. New Era Windows and Republic Windows and Doors are Building materials companies of the United States and Window manufacturers.
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Rod Blagojevich
Rod Blagojevich (born December 10, 1956), often referred to by his nickname "Blago", is an American politician who served as the 40th governor of Illinois from 2003 to 2009.
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Trade union
A trade union (British English) or labor union (American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers whose purpose is to maintain or improve the conditions of their employment, such as attaining better wages and benefits, improving working conditions, improving safety standards, establishing complaint procedures, developing rules governing status of employees (rules governing promotions, just-cause conditions for termination) and protecting and increasing the bargaining power of workers.
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United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America
The United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE), is an independent democratic rank-and-file labor union representing workers in both the private and public sectors across the United States.
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WBEZ
WBEZ (91.5 FM) – branded WBEZ 91.5 – is a non-commercial educational radio station licensed to Chicago, Illinois, and primarily serving the Chicago metropolitan area.
Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act of 1988
The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act of 1988 (the "WARN Act") is a U.S. labor law that protects employees, their families, and communities by requiring most employers with 100 or more employees to provide notification 60 calendar days in advance of planned closings and mass layoffs of employees.
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Worker cooperative
A worker cooperative is a cooperative owned and self-managed by its workers.
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Yes! (U.S. magazine)
YES! is a nonprofit, independent publisher of solutions journalism.
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See also
2012 establishments in Illinois
- (We Are) Nexus
- 1871 (company)
- 3rd Civil Affairs Group
- American St. Leger Stakes
- Arches Rail Trail
- Brideside
- Buffalocomotive
- Chicago Alternative Comics Expo
- Chicago Mustangs (2012–present)
- Chicago Red Hots
- Cut Teeth
- DRW College Prep
- Design Museum of Chicago
- Fat Rice
- G2 Crowd
- Grace (restaurant)
- Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge
- Hansberry College Prep
- Hausu Mountain
- Hillshire Brands
- Illinois Independent Tax Tribunal
- Kane County Dawgs
- Kraft Foods
- Legacy Walk
- Lindenwood Stadium
- Maggie Daley Park
- Mondelez International
- Morgan station
- Mystery Tackle Box
- Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society
- New Era Windows
- Oak Street Health
- Okapi (band)
- OpenAirplane
- Peoria Riverfront Museum
- Radix Trading
- Scholastica (company)
- Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores
- Spring Awakening Music Festival
- Springfield and Central Illinois African-American History Museum
- Team Stange Racing
- The Gray Havens
- Time Crash (band)
- Vertical Worship
- Visibly
- WMWC-TV
- White Weld & Co.
Cooperatives based in Illinois
- 860–880 Lake Shore Drive Apartments
- Ace Hardware
- CF Industries
- Central Grocers Cooperative
- Certified Grocers Midwest
- Chicago News Cooperative
- Community of Urbana-Champaign Cooperative Housing
- Growmark
- IGA, Inc.
- Kartemquin Films
- MOSAIC (housing cooperative)
- New Era Windows
- Powhatan Apartments
- Prairie Farms Dairy
- Promontory Apartments
- Seminary Co-op
- Serta (company)
- Spring Air Company
- Stone Soup Cooperative
- The Aquitania
- Topco
- True Value
- Val-Test Distributors
- York Center, Illinois
Manufacturing companies established in 2012
- Algerian Tractors Company
- Astra Rail Industries
- Billerud
- Collins Aerospace
- Cubitts
- Elemental Motor Company
- Indie Source
- Manna Aviation
- Moniker Guitars
- Moroto Cement Limited
- New Era Windows
- Peloton Interactive
- Pit Viper (sunglasses)
- PopSockets
- Potonggang Organic Fertiliser Factory
- SkyCraft Airplanes
- Somatel Liebherr
- Spark Racing Technology
- Sprout World
- Suja Juice
- TP Vision
- Technetics Group
- Tuft & Needle
- UBtech Robotics
- Whitenife
- Wonder Workshop
Window manufacturers
- AKFA Group
- Andersen Corporation
- Anglian Home Improvements
- Caradco
- Crittall Windows
- Eko-Okna
- Everest Home Improvement
- Hunter Douglas
- Jeld-Wen
- New Era Windows
- Oknoplast
- Pella (company)
- Porter Screen Company
- Republic Windows and Doors
- Roto North America
- Safestyle UK
- Schlegel International
- Thomas Driver and Sons Manufacturing Company
- WeatherGard
Worker cooperatives of the United States
- 404 Media
- AK Press
- Alvarado Street Bakery
- Arizmendi Bakery
- Berkeley Free Clinic
- Berkeley Student Food Collective
- Breitenbush Hot Springs Retreat & Conference Center
- Ché Café
- Cheese Board Collective
- Citybikes Workers' Cooperative
- Cooperation Jackson
- Dollars & Sense
- Equal Exchange
- Firestorm Books & Coffee
- Freedom Farm Cooperative
- Good Vibrations (sex shop)
- Hard Times Cafe
- Hoedads Reforestation Cooperative
- ICA Group
- Left Bank Books (Seattle)
- Lusty Lady
- Maryland Food Collective
- Maximum Fun
- Means (company)
- Moosewood Restaurant
- Network of Bay Area Worker Cooperatives
- New Era Windows
- New Riverside Cafe
- Old Wives Tales (bookstore)
- Players' League
- Rainbow Grocery Cooperative
- Red Emma's
- Red and Black Cafe
- Seward Community Cafe
- TESA Collective
- The Drivers Cooperative
- United States Federation of Worker Cooperatives
- Wooden Shoe Books and Records