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Time to Go: Bank of America must fire CEO Ken Lewis
seiu.org - 1/27/2009
Time to Go: Bank of America must fire CEO Ken Lewis
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Over the last few months, it's become abundantly clear that Bank of America CEO Ken Lewis just doesn't get it. The era of greed and irresponsibility is over. Bank of America tellers make about $24,000 a year. That's less than what the CEO of a company bought by Bank of America paid for his ...
huffingtonpost.com - 1/27/2009
Bailout Recipients Hosted Call To Defeat Key Labor BIll
— huffingtonpost.com — Three days after receiving $25 billion in federal bailout funds, Bank of America Corp. hosted a conference call with conservative activists and business officials to organize opposition to the U.S. labor community's top legislative priority.  ... (more) Bailout Recipients Hosted Call To Defeat Key Labor BIll

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20 or 30 Years Ago?
commentarymagazine.com - 1/28/2009
20 or 30 Years Ago?
— commentarymagazine.com — “America was not born as a colonial power, and that the same respect and partnership that America had with the Muslim world as recently as 20 or 30 years ago, there’s no reason why we can’t restore that. And that I think is going to ... (more) 20 or 30 Years Ago?

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amazon.com - 1/27/2009
The Progressive Revolution: How the Best in America Came to Be: Michael Lux: Books
— amazon.com — Product Description This is an accessible book that delineates how progressives and the progressive movement have created the American idea and ideals and forged the kind of country in which we want to live. It creates a platform from which to argue ... (more) The Progressive Revolution: How the Best in America ...

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Daily Kos:  Bailed-out Banks Spending Money to . . . Defeat Employee Free Choice?

Crooks and Liars:  Corporations use bailout money to organize against Employee Free Choice Act

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Bailed-out Banks Spending Money to . . . Defeat Employee Free Choice?
Daily Kos — ... It's little wonder that the SEIU has called on BofA to fire CEO Ken Lewis. It's unconscionable for the receipients of government handouts to spend their time and money to try and defeat the ...

Corporations use bailout money to organize against Employee Free Choice Act
Crooks and Liars — ... You'll always notice that whenever most reporters mention EFCA, they call it by the right-wing name for it. Just for fun: If you drop the phrase "Card Check" in passing you'll get an angry reaction from most right-wingers and many of them don't even know why. And Bank of America has a personal vendetta going on with the SEIU now, so it's not a surprise they hosted the call. ...

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xnerg.blogspot.com 1/24/2009 — bank of america this week continues to make job cuts in corporate and investment banking areas, including operations positions, and could start making reductions in the consumer banking unit next week, sources told the observer....the bank said in ...
Dear Bank of America
culturekitchen.com 1/28/2009 — Dear Bank of America, I am a customer. That's right. I have a couple of Bank of America credit cards. My wife and I are also looking for a bank for some accounts. But you know, your ingratitude leads me to refuse to bank with you and to consider ...
Tell Republicans to Support America — culturekitchen - fresh dissent served daily
The Republicans in the House showed that, although they happily bailed out big bank CEOs, their opposition to bailing out working class Americans continues. Not one Republican in the House supported Obama's Stimulus for America bill, even those who supported the bank bailout. Seems a ...
NY Atty Gen May Demand Return Of $4B In Merrill Bonuses — The Huffington Post | Full News Feed
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo may demand the return of $4 billion in bonuses paid by Merrill Lynch & Co. just before it was acquired by Bank of America Corp., a person familiar with the matter said. Cuomo also wants to know what Bank of America Chief Executive Officer Kenneth Lewis, ...
Bank of America Seems to Like Pissing of Americans — culturekitchen - fresh dissent served daily
Just yesterday I wrote about how Bank of America , right after grabbing taxpayer money through the bank bailout, went ahead and used some of that money to lobby against the very popular Employee Free Choice Act and tried to raise money for Republican Senators. By the way, the Employee Free ...
Bank Of America Board Taking Heat Over CEO — The Huffington Post | Full News Feed
Gen. Tommy R. Franks, the former chief of the Public Broadcasting System and the publisher of a Spanish newspaper would seem to have nothing in common -- except for one thing. They all sit on the board of Bank of America. But as they and 13 of their colleagues meet Wednesday to discuss how ...
New York’s AG Subpoenas Bank Execs over Bonuses — Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo sent out subpoenas to Bank of America’s chief administrative officer J. Steele Alphin and recently ousted Merrill Lynch chief executive John Thain on Tuesday to look into hefty bonuses paid to Merrill Lynch higher-ups late last year—even ...
SEIU To Call For Firing Of Bank Of America CEO — The Huffington Post | Full News Feed
The labor powerhouse Service Employees International Union will become the first union to call on Bank of America to fire embattled CEO Ken Lewis later this morning, union officials tell me. What makes this move interesting and unusual is that the SEIU call for Lewis' ouster isn't part of ...
SEIU To Call For Firing Of Bank Of America CEO — Politics on HuffingtonPost.com
The labor powerhouse Service Employees International Union will become the first union to call on Bank of America to fire embattled CEO Ken Lewis later this morning, union officials tell me. What makes this move interesting and unusual is that the SEIU call for Lewis' ouster isn't part of ...
John Thain's Redecoration Refund: Will Pay Back $1.2 Million To Bank Of America — The Huffington Post | Full News Feed
Former Merrill Lynch CEO John Thain, who was ousted last week from Bank of America, defended the acquisition of Merrill by Bank Of America, saying it was the right thing to do. Thain made the comments in a memo, which was obtained by CNBC. In the memo, Thain also said he would play back ...
Bank Of America Had Role In Merrill's Controversial Decision To Award Bonuses — The Huffington Post | Full News Feed
Bank of America played a role in Merrill Lynch's controversial decision to pay $4bn in bonuses in December just as mounting losses were threatening to derail BofA's takeover of the Wall Street firm, according to people close to the situation. BofA has said that the payment of $4bn in ...