Comments on: Get Set for March Actions to Make Wall Street Pay http://blog.aflcio.org/2010/03/11/get-set-for-march-actions-to-make-wall-street-pay/ News for working families Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:35:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Kent http://blog.aflcio.org/2010/03/11/get-set-for-march-actions-to-make-wall-street-pay/comment-page-1/#comment-18137 Kent Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:04:30 +0000 http://blog.aflcio.org/?p=26704#comment-18137 Sure, both parties are responsible, but for God's sake, don't vote Republican if you think the Democrats need to be punished. The GOP is so anti-worker it's almost fascist. Sure, both parties are responsible, but for God’s sake, don’t vote Republican if you think the Democrats need to be punished. The GOP is so anti-worker it’s almost fascist.

]]> By: vet http://blog.aflcio.org/2010/03/11/get-set-for-march-actions-to-make-wall-street-pay/comment-page-1/#comment-18114 vet Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:37:44 +0000 http://blog.aflcio.org/?p=26704#comment-18114 could this be good news for the unions? AFL-CIO could force corporation how they donate if used the right way QUOTE The New York City Pension Funds hold more than 36 million shares in Bank of America. As of Friday's market close, these shares have a collective value of roughly $608 million. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704131404575117931932163708.html could this be good news for the unions? AFL-CIO could force corporation how they donate if used the right way

QUOTE
The New York City Pension Funds hold more than 36 million shares in Bank of America. As of Friday’s market close, these shares have a collective value of roughly $608 million.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704131404575117931932163708.html

]]> By: Richiethemailman http://blog.aflcio.org/2010/03/11/get-set-for-march-actions-to-make-wall-street-pay/comment-page-1/#comment-18077 Richiethemailman Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:40:04 +0000 http://blog.aflcio.org/?p=26704#comment-18077 Why are we only holding Wall Street accountable? Who has weakened, and deregulated their accountability for the past +30 years? Who bailed them out, only to be rewarded with a "slap in the face" by their lavish parties, bonuses, and golden parachutes? Who has taken their campaign contributions by the "boatload?" The answer is Congress, in a very bi-partisan manner. And our Presidents from both of the two parties. Follow the money. Time to "get wise" to ourselves. U.S. Labor Party. Let the "blue chips" fall where they may. Why are we only holding Wall Street accountable? Who has weakened, and deregulated their accountability for the past +30 years? Who bailed them out, only to be rewarded with a “slap in the face” by their lavish parties, bonuses, and golden parachutes? Who has taken their campaign contributions by the “boatload?”
The answer is Congress, in a very bi-partisan manner. And our Presidents from both of the two parties.
Follow the money.
Time to “get wise” to ourselves.
U.S. Labor Party.
Let the “blue chips” fall where they may.

]]> By: jsutice http://blog.aflcio.org/2010/03/11/get-set-for-march-actions-to-make-wall-street-pay/comment-page-1/#comment-18069 jsutice Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:14:22 +0000 http://blog.aflcio.org/?p=26704#comment-18069 WELL, WELL , WHAT WAS THAT SONG NOW ? TO MUCH TO LITTLE TO LATE ? WELL WALL STREET IS LIKE ALI BABA AND THE FORTY THIE, THE DIFFERENCE IS THAT ALI BABA ONLY HAD FORTY ! WHILE CLINTON WAS PRESIDENT 2 YEARS BEFORE HE LEFT OFFCE , HE HAD ALREADY DOUBLE DOWNED ON THE AMERICAN REINVESTMENT ACT , FORCING BANKS TO LOAN MONEY TO PEOPLE WHO COULD NOT PAY IT BACK , THE QUESTION AMERICANS SHOULD BE ASKING AND THINK ABOUT IS , WHERE WAS CONGRESS AND THE U S SENATE , THERE ALL HAVING PROBLEMS AND NOT RUNNING FOR OFFICE , DUE TO WHAT THEY DID , LOBBTIST MONEY AND SPECIAL SWEET HEART DEALL AND ALONG WITH BIG SPECIAL INTEREST DEALS , THAT MOST NEWS STATIONS DONT DARE TO TALK ABOUT ! THIS WAS ALL DEMOCRATIC CONTROL OF CONGRESS AND THE U S SENATE THE LAST 3 YEARS , WE NEED TO MAKE DEMOCRATS ACCOUNTABIL , NOT REPUBLICANS HERE , WE SHOULD NOT LET THEM PASS THE BUCK , BUT STAND UP AND TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR WHY WERE OUR LIVING LIKE WE OUR WITH THE ECONOMY THEY CREATED , THEY LET WAQLL STREET COME INTO THE MARKET AND COMPETE AGAINTS BANKS , WITH NO REAL GUIDE LINES AND WHICH REALLT CAUSED THE FALL OF THE ECONOMY, 2 MONTHS BEFORE BUSH GOT OUT OF OFFICE , CONGRESS COULD NOT FIGUAR OUT WHAT TO DO AND THE U S SENATE WITH A PLAN , HE HAD 700 BILLION DOLLARS TO GIVE AND IT ONLY HAD 3 PAGES TO THE USE OF 700 BILLION DOLLARS , THEY COULD NOT COME UP WITH A PLAN HE USED 3500 BILLION HIS LAST DAYS AND PASSED ON THE OTHER 350 BILLION , QUESTION WHERE IS THAT TODAY , AND WHAT THE DEMOCRATS DID NOT USE THAT TO CREATE JOBS ? WELL THERE OUR SO MANY QUESTION , BUT WE LIVE IN A WORLD OF FINGER POINTERS AND THATS WHAT AMERICANS GET THESE DAYS FORM CONGRESS AND THE U S SENATE , HIGER TAXES AND SPENDING BILLIONG OF FOREIGNERS AND ELLIGALS AND BILLIONS IN LOANS TO FOREIGNERS TO START BUISNESS , BUT FOR AMERICANS NOTHING AND USE OUR TAX DOLLARS LIKE ITS THERE OWN MONEY , WE LIVE IN A DEMOCRACY , LET VOTE THIS CANCER OUT OF OFFICE AND STATR WITH A NEW AMERICAN SPIRIT OF HONESTY , TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR ALL AMERICANS NOT THE FEW AND THE SPECIAL ONES WHO GET IT ALL , WHILE AMERICAN PAY FPOR IT ! WELL, WELL , WHAT WAS THAT SONG NOW ? TO MUCH TO LITTLE TO LATE ?

WELL WALL STREET IS LIKE ALI BABA AND THE FORTY THIE, THE DIFFERENCE IS THAT ALI BABA ONLY HAD FORTY !

WHILE CLINTON WAS PRESIDENT 2 YEARS BEFORE HE LEFT OFFCE , HE HAD ALREADY DOUBLE DOWNED ON THE AMERICAN REINVESTMENT ACT , FORCING BANKS TO LOAN MONEY TO PEOPLE WHO COULD NOT PAY IT BACK , THE QUESTION AMERICANS SHOULD BE ASKING AND THINK ABOUT IS , WHERE WAS CONGRESS AND THE U S SENATE , THERE ALL HAVING PROBLEMS AND NOT RUNNING FOR OFFICE , DUE TO WHAT THEY DID , LOBBTIST MONEY AND SPECIAL SWEET HEART DEALL AND ALONG WITH BIG SPECIAL INTEREST DEALS , THAT MOST NEWS STATIONS DONT DARE TO TALK ABOUT ! THIS WAS ALL DEMOCRATIC CONTROL OF CONGRESS AND THE U S SENATE THE LAST 3 YEARS , WE NEED TO MAKE DEMOCRATS ACCOUNTABIL , NOT REPUBLICANS HERE , WE SHOULD NOT LET THEM PASS THE BUCK , BUT STAND UP AND TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR WHY WERE OUR LIVING LIKE WE OUR WITH THE ECONOMY THEY CREATED , THEY LET WAQLL STREET COME INTO THE MARKET AND COMPETE AGAINTS BANKS , WITH NO REAL GUIDE LINES AND WHICH REALLT CAUSED THE FALL OF THE ECONOMY, 2 MONTHS BEFORE BUSH GOT OUT OF OFFICE , CONGRESS COULD NOT FIGUAR OUT WHAT TO DO AND THE U S SENATE WITH A PLAN , HE HAD 700 BILLION DOLLARS TO GIVE AND IT ONLY HAD 3 PAGES TO THE USE OF 700 BILLION DOLLARS , THEY COULD NOT COME UP WITH A PLAN HE USED 3500 BILLION HIS LAST DAYS AND PASSED ON THE OTHER 350 BILLION , QUESTION WHERE IS THAT TODAY , AND WHAT THE DEMOCRATS DID NOT USE THAT TO CREATE JOBS ?

WELL THERE OUR SO MANY QUESTION , BUT WE LIVE IN A WORLD OF FINGER POINTERS AND THATS WHAT AMERICANS GET THESE DAYS FORM CONGRESS AND THE U S SENATE , HIGER TAXES AND SPENDING BILLIONG OF FOREIGNERS AND ELLIGALS AND BILLIONS IN LOANS TO FOREIGNERS TO START BUISNESS , BUT FOR AMERICANS NOTHING AND USE OUR TAX DOLLARS LIKE ITS THERE OWN MONEY , WE LIVE IN A DEMOCRACY , LET VOTE THIS CANCER OUT OF OFFICE AND STATR WITH A NEW AMERICAN SPIRIT OF HONESTY , TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR ALL AMERICANS NOT THE FEW AND THE SPECIAL ONES WHO GET IT ALL , WHILE AMERICAN PAY FPOR IT !

]]> By: ken http://blog.aflcio.org/2010/03/11/get-set-for-march-actions-to-make-wall-street-pay/comment-page-1/#comment-18066 ken Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:02:20 +0000 http://blog.aflcio.org/?p=26704#comment-18066 Building Bridges Radio: Your Community and Labor Report National Edition Produced by Ken Nash and Mimi Rosenberg ************************************** The Degradation of Workers in the 21st Century With Tom Juravich, Prof. of Labor Studies, author of At the Alter of the Bottom Line, and accomplished musician From workers at a Verizon call center, to immigrants in the fish- processing industry fired if they don’t work fast enough, cheated out of wages, and mistreated by supervisors, to nurses at the Boston Medical Center and then to a plant where workers made machinery for the paper industry, Tom Juravich channels the workers voices to provide a vivid account of the multiple challenges presented in today’s workplaces. ********** Degraded Work – No Way Commie Taxi Drivers – You Talkin’ to Me? An Excerpt from Michael Moore’s New DVD “Capitalism a Love Story” Michael Moore investigates Union Cab –a cooperative taxi drivers union in Madison Wisconsin which constitute an alternative to the degradation of workers in the 21st Century ++++++++++++++++++++++ To Download or listen to this 27:48 minute program, go to our website http://www.buildingbridgesradio.org Building Bridges Radio: Your Community and Labor Report
National Edition
Produced by Ken Nash and Mimi Rosenberg
**************************************
The Degradation of Workers in the 21st Century
With
Tom Juravich, Prof. of Labor Studies, author of At the Alter of
the Bottom Line, and accomplished musician

From workers at a Verizon call center, to immigrants in the fish-
processing industry fired if they don’t work fast enough, cheated out of wages, and mistreated by supervisors, to nurses at the Boston Medical Center and then to a plant where workers made machinery for the paper industry, Tom Juravich channels the workers voices to provide a vivid account of the multiple challenges presented in today’s workplaces.
**********
Degraded Work – No Way
Commie Taxi Drivers – You Talkin’ to Me?
An Excerpt from Michael Moore’s New DVD
“Capitalism a Love Story”

Michael Moore investigates Union Cab –a cooperative taxi drivers
union in Madison Wisconsin which constitute an alternative to the
degradation of workers in the 21st Century
++++++++++++++++++++++
To Download or listen to this 27:48 minute program,
go to our website
http://www.buildingbridgesradio.org

]]> By: Aussie Shamed http://blog.aflcio.org/2010/03/11/get-set-for-march-actions-to-make-wall-street-pay/comment-page-1/#comment-18064 Aussie Shamed Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:45:53 +0000 http://blog.aflcio.org/?p=26704#comment-18064 You could also point out that their actions created a global ripple effect that has discredited the entire world perception of US . The US will only recover its reputation as a global leader if it: 1. It does more than pay lip service to distributing the residual corporate and public resources to get jobs and their own economy back on track 2. It at least acknowledges that many of its more successful major trading partners put universal employment, health and education as policy cornerstones for their relatively more successful economies If the workers dont reign in the obscene wealth accumulation of the few in the US, at the expense of the many, America's reputation globally will continue to suffer, with even more deleterious effects on the economy. Great campaign guys - keep fighting for fairness and prosperity for all You could also point out that their actions created a global ripple effect that has discredited the entire world perception of US .
The US will only recover its reputation as a global leader if it:
1. It does more than pay lip service to distributing the residual corporate and public resources to get jobs and their own economy back on track
2. It at least acknowledges that many of its more successful major trading partners put universal employment, health and education as policy cornerstones for their relatively more successful economies
If the workers dont reign in the obscene wealth accumulation of the few in the US, at the expense of the many, America’s reputation globally will continue to suffer, with even more deleterious effects on the economy.
Great campaign guys – keep fighting for fairness and prosperity for all

]]> By: Frisco Worker http://blog.aflcio.org/2010/03/11/get-set-for-march-actions-to-make-wall-street-pay/comment-page-1/#comment-18052 Frisco Worker Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:57:18 +0000 http://blog.aflcio.org/?p=26704#comment-18052 The only way for the working-class to "get the banks" is to nationalize them under workers government control. Of course we can't do that by thinking about but must build a political vehicle with the leadership capable of directing the rightful anger of the working-class and oppressed in the struggle to topple the decaying and vicious capitalist system. It goes without saying that the present trade union leadership and the Democratic Party stand in the way of this necessary course and that we need to break from the Democrats, the Party of the Confederacy, build a fighting workers' party and struggle for a workers government. Any hope of reform in this period is plan fantasy. The only way for the working-class to “get the banks” is to nationalize them under workers government control. Of course we can’t do that by thinking about but must build a political vehicle with the leadership capable of directing the rightful anger of the working-class and oppressed in the struggle to topple the decaying and vicious capitalist system. It goes without saying that the present trade union leadership and the Democratic Party stand in the way of this necessary course and that we need to break from the Democrats, the Party of the Confederacy, build a fighting workers’ party and struggle for a workers government. Any hope of reform in this period is plan fantasy.

]]> By: Sea Star http://blog.aflcio.org/2010/03/11/get-set-for-march-actions-to-make-wall-street-pay/comment-page-1/#comment-18049 Sea Star Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:03:30 +0000 http://blog.aflcio.org/?p=26704#comment-18049 Better yet, take your checking acount money out of the big banks and put them in a community bank. Here's a couple of articles to consider... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/12/30/move-your-money-tell-us-a_n_407297.html http://www.csmonitor.com/Money/2009/0308/as-big-banks-falter-community-banks-do-fine Better yet, take your checking acount money out of the big banks and put them in a community bank.

Here’s a couple of articles to consider…

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/12/30/move-your-money-tell-us-a_n_407297.html

http://www.csmonitor.com/Money/2009/0308/as-big-banks-falter-community-banks-do-fine

]]>