The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the iniquities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men.

My peoples who work at Bank of America; please bear with me. I still love yall. But BoA should be ashamed. My peoples in the Chi are probably hip by now to the news that the Republic WIndows and Doors company shut down one of its plants this week. However, instead of giving workers the 60 days advance notice to which the were entitled and by which the company was required to do so by law, they only gave the workers 3 days notice. 'Tis true, yo. The company claims that BoA won't allow them to pay out the severance and vacation back pay the employees are owed in light of how the manufacturer's revenues dropped in the last month. So guess what? They took it back to some real grassroots ish. The laid-off employees have been occupying the closed plant. It makes me think of 2001 when students at my alma mater occupied the African-American Institute. Ah....the good ole days. Oh yeah, I almost forgot to mention one small detail. Bank of America got $25 billion as part of the big bailout that made headlines mere weeks ago. Furious anger, yo. I've never really paid much attention to labor rights save from some organizing Boston-area janitors did during my college years. Time to start paying attention, I suppose.