SETEE SIT IN
February 1st, 2002
BY MONICA DOBIEPROTESTERS took to their seats in a downtown Montreal Indigo store against a decision from Indigo and Chapters head office to rid their stores of comfy sofas and comfortable big chairs. Demonstrators picketed with signs marked Save our Sofas, Stand Up for Sitting and Care about Chairs.Henry Chinaski, coordinator of the sit-in protest claims that, since the Chapters-Indigo merger, half of the sofas and chairs have been removed from Chapters stores. He said: "Canadians stood for the monopolisation of literature...for the predatory elimination of ...
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