Jobs with Justice Blog » publix http://www.jwjblog.org Building a movement for workers' rights & economic justice. Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:14:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 U.S. Chamber of Commerce Elected 2009 Scrooge of the Year http://www.jwjblog.org/2009/12/u-s-chamber-of-commerce-elected-2009-scrooge-of-the-year/ http://www.jwjblog.org/2009/12/u-s-chamber-of-commerce-elected-2009-scrooge-of-the-year/#comments Mon, 21 Dec 2009 18:31:56 +0000 jwjnational http://www.jwjblog.org/?p=1163 Thousands of votes were cast in the Jobs with Justice annual contest to determine which greedy, cold-hearted organization or person deserves the title “Scrooge of the Year.”  Voters chose the Chamber of Commerce as their winner this year as it’s became increasingly clear that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has developed into a front group for a few narrow interests, not a membership association that represents the voice of mainstream American businesses.  The Chamber has spent millions of dollars lobbying against legislation that would benefit workers and families like the Employee Free Choice Act, health insurance reform, paid sick days, and environmental regulations.  Their extreme positions have led some companies and local chapters of the Chamber to disaffiliate from the national group.

This year’s Scrooge contest pitted the Chamber of Commerce against Bank of America, nominated for their role in the sub-prime lending crisis and failure to extend credit to small businesses, Hyatt Hotels for their Scrooge-like firing of 100 housekeepers in Boston and other anti-worker actions,

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]]> http://www.jwjblog.org/2009/12/u-s-chamber-of-commerce-elected-2009-scrooge-of-the-year/feed/ 0 VOTE NOW for Scrooge of the Year! http://www.jwjblog.org/2009/12/vote-now-for-scrooge-of-the-year/ http://www.jwjblog.org/2009/12/vote-now-for-scrooge-of-the-year/#comments Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:16:02 +0000 jwjnational http://www.jwjblog.org/?p=1085 Each year, national Jobs with Justice gives an “award” to the greediest, most cold-hearted company or person of the year. Nominations for the 2009 Scrooge of the Year are in, and it’s time to vote!

The nominees are:

  • Bank of America
  • U.S. Chamber of Commerce
  • Hyatt Hotels
  • Publix Supermarkets
  • Student Loan Companies Sallie Mae & Citibank
  • or write in your own candidate

    • VOTE NOW!!! 

    This is JwJ’s tenth annual online contest to determine the national figure who does the most harm to working families. READ BELOW about why these nominees are so deserving of the title “Scrooge of the Year”.

    Bank of America

    Bank of America had a hand in the worst of the subprime lending excesses, providing financing to the four of the top five largest subprime lenders during the years prior to the crash including Countrywide Financial, Ameriquest, New Century Financial Corp, and First Franklin.  Between them, these four firms issued over $320 billion in subprime loans from 2005-2007. As a result of these kinds of abuses, Bank of America helped crash the economy and then needed a bailout.

    Bank of America accepted bailouts and backstops totaling $199.2 billion, with taxpayers still on the hook for

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