Posted on 25 September 2008. Tags: Bailout, Financial Crisis, Labor, New York City
The New York City Central Labor Council is calling for a mobilization tomorrow in Wall Street to protest the bailout for bankers. Here is a piece of the statement which outlines the demands: In response to the growing concerns for worker’s needs, the Central Labor Council Executive Board today announced the following “Seven Conditions […]
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Posted on 24 September 2008. Tags: Bailout, Financial Crisis, Housing, John Sweeney, Wall Street
I’ve just been given a letter that John Sweeney is sending today to every Senator. Here it it is. It makes all the right points, with this being the key nut graf: It proposes a grant of unlimited authority to the Bush Administration to spend $700 billion of the public’s money to […]
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