Labor group to protest Wells Fargo, GOP
Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at 8:00 am
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Minnesotans for a Fair Economy plans to rally outside the downtown Minneapolis offices of Wells Fargo Wednesday, according to a notice the group released Tuesday. The “Piece of the Pie Rally” — to “dramatize the need for a ‘slice of the pie’ for ordinary citizens” and the unemployed — is scheduled to start at 11:30 a.m.
Officials hope to gather a crowd of “100-plus Minnesotans angry over the lack of good jobs, corporate political influence and continual budget cuts,” said the group, which describes itself as “a coalition of labor, community and faith organizations that are fighting for an economy that works for all of us.”
“Wells Fargo Political Action Committee and executives have funded politicians like U.S. Reps. Paulsen, Kline, and Bachmann who are pushing radical budget cuts that will kill the jobs of teachers, nurses, and others,” the release said. “While bankers enjoy taxpayer bailouts and record profits, Wells Fargo has cut jobs in Minnesota while funding the politicians who aren’t doing anything about our crummy economy.”
The march at South 6th St. and Marquette Ave. also will feature puppets, a march and a pie-eating contest.
The demonstration isn’t the first time Wells Fargo has been in hot water with a labor group. The Service Employees International Union Local 284 has, on multiple occasions, urged Wells Fargo and Minneapolis-based U.S. Bank to not charge interest on loans sought by Minnesota public schools forced to borrow as a result of the state’s nearly-monthlong government shutdown.
Brian Elliott, Executive Director of the SEIU Minnesota State Council, said the group has yet to receive a response from either group on its most recent request.
6 Comments
Comment posted August 10, 2011 @ 11:02 am
Wells Fargo is a bunch of crooks. They stole over $1,800 from my personal checking account under false pretenses. If you have an account with them, my advice is to close it ASAP before they steal from you too.
Comment posted August 10, 2011 @ 11:09 am
Yawn. Another labor protest. Trying to demonstrate to its overpaid members why unions are a good thing. What you’re advocating is socialism, boys and girls.
Comment posted August 10, 2011 @ 9:51 pm
Nick Edmunds, what’s your gig? Earning a living wage makes somebody overpaid? What extremely valuable work do you do and are you paid what you’re worth?
Comment posted August 11, 2011 @ 10:13 pm
I am getting really tired of ppl crying socialism everytime it’s pointed out that our society is broken. Lets just cut money from our schools and healthcare programs and fire a bunch of police and firefighters when the economy gets rough, but don’t ever talk about everyone paying the same percentage of taxes for using the same services. OMG that’s not socialism that flippin common sense. If we keep allowing cuts and never increase our revenue then pretty soon we won’t even have enough money to pay our politicians (who apparently don’t do anything for us but whine about their opponents and try to cloud the issue for their own purposes). Unions aren’t socialistic they exercise the power of many voices, kind of like our Reps are supposed to do for us right?
Comment posted August 15, 2011 @ 10:52 am
What a bunch of crap. You make too much money, I’m poor, gimme, gimme, gimme. How dare they make money off of poor “working people”.
I’ve been working for over 30 years and have saved almost $1,000,000 to retire on. That would of been enough in any other generation, but now with the current administration printing $’s like it’s going out of style, inflation will be double digits soon and I’ll have to keep working or become dependant on the government to survive if I live past 80.
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