But too much of what should be plumbing to serve the “real economy” of households and businesses has turned into an unstable, money-extracting casino dominated by powerful giants.
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Press Release: Labor, Investor, and Consumer Advocates Urge Congress to Reject Deregulatory Bill that Imperils Workers’ Retirement Savings
Americans for Financial Reform along with the AFL-CIO, Communications Workers of America, Consumer Action, Consumer Federation of America, National Education Association, National Nurses United, Public Citizen, Service Employees International Union, The Academy of Financial Education, and United Auto Workers, wrote to the House in opposition of H.R. 3383, the INVEST Act.
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CU Today: Late-Fee Cap Returns: Fetterman Bill Revives CFPB’s $8 Rule Amid Trump’s Credit Card Push
According to WTAJ, the bill has drawn support from consumer advocacy groups including Americans for Financial Reform, the Consumer Federation of America, Groundwork Collaborative, the National Consumer Law Center, Public Citizen, and Protect Borrowers.
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Nonprofit Quarterly: Blue-State Pensions Are Subsidizing the Billionaire Takeover: This Must Stop!
From there, union members and their allies can engage the funds as they make key investment decisions, clarifying the impact and risk profile of the pension board trustees’ decisions and sharing viable and responsible investment alternatives like those laid out in the report Investing for the Common Good: How Workers’ Pensions Can Help Solve the…
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Cobb Courier: How To Spot And What To Do About The Political Moves Of Private Equity
McKinley does note that the authors cite a study, “but it’s done by from the progressive group Americans for Financial Reform, a collection of self-appointed consumer and labor groups as well as other special interest groups.
American Banker: From cafés to Pokémon Go, banks rethink physical spaces
