This press release (invite?) just hit our inbox:
Tens of Thousands of Taxpayers to Protest at 100s of Bank of America Branches Nationwide
SEIU, MoveOn.org and other Community Groups to Collect 20,000+ ‘Taxpayer Proxies’ to Call for Ousting of CEO Ken Lewis, Reform of Predatory Banking Practices, Voice for Bank Workers
100s of Actions Include DC, LA, San Francisco, NY, Chicago, Pittsburgh & Philadelphia
WASHINGTON, DC -Fueled by mounting frustration over an economic system that rewards corporate executives for their bad decisions while working people struggle to stay afloat, tens of thousands of taxpayers will protest at Bank of America branches across the country on April 28th in advance of Bank of America’s Annual Shareholder Meeting.
After accepting $45 billion in bailout funds, taxpayers are one of the largest shareholders of Bank of America. They will join bank employees, consumers and activists to demand that the bank fire CEO Ken Lewis and commit to financial reform that puts consumers and workers ahead of profits.
More than 10,000 Americans have already signed “taxpayer proxies” calling on the bank to: (1) Fire Ken Lewis; (2) Commit to real financial reform; (3) Stop consumer abuses and predatory lending practices that hurt our communities; (4) Provide health insurance to all its employees; and (5) Stop lobbying against pro-worker legislation like the Employee Free Choice Act that would support working families and restore balance to our economy and ensure bank workers have a voice on the job to protect consumers. [See sample proxy pasted below.]
Led by SEIU, MoveOn.org and other community groups, the taxpayer proxies will be delivered to the Bank of America Annual Shareholder Meeting in Charlotte, NC on April 29.
WHO: SEIU, MoveOn.org, United Students Against Sweatshops, Catholics United, Center for Community Change, TrueMajority.org, Brave New Films, USAction, Women’s Voices, and Women Vote Action Fund
WHAT: Taxpayer Protest of Bank of America, Call for Fundamental Reform of bank’s profit model that is bad for consumers, bad for taxpayers, bad for employees and dangerous for larger economy
WHERE: 100s of Locations nationwide, including: Washington, DC, Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and San Francisco
WHEN: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 [Contact Kawana Lloyd for specific event times]
The “proxy” includes four questions:
1. Fire CEO Ken Lewis, who has helped destroy the bank and our overall economy.
2. Commit to real financial reform.
3. Stop consumer abuses that hurt our communities, like skyrocketing fees and predatory lending.
4. Support bank workers’ voice on the job to protect consumers and improve living conditions and wages by supporting the Employee Free Choice Act.
5. Provide affordable quality health care to employees so they do not have to rely on taxpayer-funded public health programs.
For more information on actions happening across the country, please visit www.TakeBackTheEconomy.org.
First Pricks
Are there even tens of thousands of tax payers?
Where are the teabaggers?
Dumbasses, that’s five questions.
@2 – Yes, they are called Republicans who have jobs. Should be a light crowd at the protest
all seems good except for Moveon.org
they can kiss my inner asshole.
Those are five points, not four. Also, none of them are questions.
Not sure what MoveOn is going to do now that Bush is out of office. Hasn’t the country ‘moved on’?
There are taxpayers in the SEIU?
@ 8 directing all-possible media attention to Palin’s daughter is a very full-time job.
Its hard to say who sucks more shit Moveon.org, Ben Affleck or Ken Lewis?
why Ben Affleck you ask?
Becuase he sucks.
@10- pretty sure the palin family directs enough media attention to itself on its own.
How does the EFCA protect consumers, again?
Not even Alberto Gonzales would sign off on torturing logic that badly.
@5 right you are…i should’ve appended it with “…who can go protest in the middle of the day”.
@15 the same losers who went to the inauguration.
Here’s hoping it rains-
@14 Economic growth is accompanied by inflation. Tamp down growth, and voila, you’re protecting the buying power of the consumer!
-Sciences Po-trained policymaker
You know why I like Ken Lewis? Because Robert Reich, moveon.org and all these other organizations hate him.
@16 – See my point @5
Is Lewis a Republican? Is this a political move afoot?
oh shut up, @16 and face facts: you lost. no amount of bitterness on an internet message board will change that. good luck in
“Is Lewis a Republican? Is this a political move afoot? ”
more like a movement against retards running company’s into the ground.
This can lead to only one thing, LOBSTERWAGONS.
If you don’t like the fees, CHANGE BANKS!
http://www.gettyimages.com/Search/Search.aspx?EventId=86168542# Who is the guy sleeping during BO’s meeting?
@26: How about reading the caption…
White House National Economic Council Director Larry Summers
@26: How about reading the caption…
White House National Economic Council Director Larry Summers
Like most f*cktarded protests, this one makes
#27, it was sent by a friend and I didn’t believe the caption. Thought they was teasin me.
did i read that right? does moveon want to unionize the bankers? what??
what does “bank worker” mean?
Like a good proxietologist, they’ll always be up someone’s ass.
I think that KL should lose the red tie already and grab one of Angelo’s yellow ties. Might help with his karma and we know that Angelo ooozed with karma. How tall is KL these days? Is he a bantam or a pee wee?
@22 – you kind of sound like the bitter one.
@5: You forgot “white” in your description of the Teabaggers.
@22 so you are saying the assholes at the inauguartion were employed and took the day off? I dont see how your flaunting Obama in my face answers the question but that seems totally normal for a democrat. Yeah keep waving thta Obama tee shirt in the air.
What pisses you off more that Obama is all hype or that you bought into it?
No use…It’s like blowing an horn infront of deaf….Why don’t people understand firing a CEO in times crisis is not suggestable,As It takes time for the new CEO to implement his ideas and Time is something which we don’t have right now….Instead everyone can group there ideas together and try to iron the situation…..I pity those guys who go on a strike or road show….They are wasting there time as well as the companies time…..
No use…It’s like blowing an horn infront of deaf….Why don’t people understand firing a CEO in times crisis is not suggestable,As It takes time for the new CEO to implement his ideas and Time is something which we don’t have right now….Instead everyone can group there ideas together and try to iron the situation…..I pity those guys who go on a strike or road show….They are wasting there time as well as the companies time…..
No use…”It’s like blowing an horn infront of deaf”….Why don’t people understand firing a CEO in a crisis would jeoparadise any actions taken to fix the current issues
What people need to understand is It takes time for a new CEO to implement his ideas and Time is something which we don’t have right now….Instead everyone can put there ideas together and try to iron the situation…..
I pity those guys who go on a strike or road show….They are wasting there time as well as the companies time…..
No use…”It’s like blowing an horn infront of deaf”….Why don’t people understand firing a CEO in a crisis would jeoparadise any actions taken to fix the current issues
What people need to understand is It takes time for a new CEO to implement his ideas and Time is something which we don’t have right now….Instead everyone can put there ideas together and try to iron the situation…..
I pity those guys who go on a strike or road show….They are wasting there time as well as the companies time…..
All of you people who caused this economic s**tstorm (you know who you are), kill yourself now! In death you will retain honor and wash away your sins.
- Japan
@38-41. I am sorry your time here is up. Its like painting for the blind. But I won’t say it five times. Back to twitter for you. Twitter for you. Twitter for you…
@38-41 wasting our time? like you hitting send 4 times and making us read your retarded statement on why Ken lewis should stay at the wheel to keep the company on track.
umm…fuck you?
I hope they don’t forget about the merrill bonus’s ripoff, those truly are the scum of the earth
I will be the one holding the “KEN LEWIS – SHOW US YOUR BIRTH CERTIFICATE” sign.