BofA will exend credit to Republic Windows. This means workers will get the back pay owed them. The sit-in succeeded.
Obama’s support of the workers certainly helped enormously, sending a clear message that the incoming president expects that workers will be paid what is owed them.
I’m sure it didn’t hurt that the state of IL also pulled their rug out from under BOA. If you or I tell a bank to drop dead and pull our accounts they shrug and go on to the next customer. When a state pulls their billions – that is another story.