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AFR: Congress Passes Financial Reform in a Victory for Main Street
July 16, 2010 – 9:39 am
AFR: Congress Passes Financial Reform in a Victory for Main Street

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

DATE: July 15, 2010
Washington, DC – Americans for Financial Reform, an unprecedented coalition of more than 250 national and state organizations who have spent the past year fighting for Financial Reform …

Report: How Too-Big-To-Fail’s Army of Lobbyists Has Captured Washington
May 12, 2010 – 9:58 am

New Report Details Vast Army Of Former Federal Workers Now Lobbying For The Big Banks
A new report, released today, shows that throughout the financial reform debate, the finance industry has spent an estimated $1.4 million per day to influence Congress, …

Former Bank Employee: Banks Give Homeowners the Runaround
March 24, 2010 – 9:58 am

One of many bank employees working with SEIU came forward to uncover predatory banking practices that harm consumers and communities.
The bank executive spoke to ABC News on the condition that ABC News not show his …

“Joy to the Banks” and Other Carols
December 21, 2009 – 3:37 pm
“Joy to the Banks” and Other Carols

This holiday season, sing your displeasure with big banks and the  way they wrecked the economy by joining in with these Bailout Carols (pdf) thanks to our friends at National People’s Action.  They’ve put together …

San Francisco Protests Wells Fargo
December 21, 2009 – 11:31 am

On Dec. 17, SEIU and community groups gathered on the doorstep of Wells Fargo in downtown San Francisco to protest the banks the week that they announced billions in year-end bonuses. Watch as leaders from …

In These Times: SEIU Leads Protest Against Goldman’s So-Called ‘God’s Work’
November 18, 2009 – 9:48 am

SEIU President Andy Stern is joining hundreds of progressives—maybe more—in a newly organized protest outside the Washington, D.C., offices of Goldman Sachs on Monday at noon. SEIU is part of a co-sponsoring coalition, Americans For …