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The Showdown Continues (Part II)

By Huy Ong, on October 30th, 2009

Portland JwJ Action In Oregon, dozens of JwJ activists participated in joint actions Wednesday Oct. 29th in solidarity with 400 other JwJ activists who were at the “Showdown in Chicago” taking on the American Bankers Association. In Portland and in Bend they joined up with ENLACE to demand accountability from JP MORGAN CHASE.

CHASE is a major contributor to the effort to defeat the Employee Free Choice Act who recently received billions of dollars from taxpayers. Instead of using the public’s money to renegotiate home mortgage loans and prevent small and medium size businesses from closing, they’ve prioritized obscene bonuses to overpaid executives!

Oregon activists are committed to continuing their fight to rebuild the economy so that it works for everyone (not just Wall Street) and are pledging to “CHASE the thieves!” out of town.

As the compas from ENLACE said, “Chale con CHASE!”

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The Showdown Continues

By Carlos Jimenez, on October 28th, 2009

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On October 27th, more than 400 JwJ activists came from Detroit, Buffalo, Columbus, Indiana, DC, Chicago, and across Illinois to join the 5,000+ protestors at the American Bankers Association meeting in Chicago. Our delegation included workers, union members, students, and working people who are tired of watching Wall Street get in the way of meaningful reform on issues like Healthcare and financial reform. (Our coalitions in several other cities, including Orlando, FL and South Bend, IN, held solidarity actions.)

In Chicago we joined allied organizations including National People’s Action, SEIU, AFL-CIO, and many more to send a message to the bankers that we will no longer will be idle bystanders in the fight for the direction and future of our country.

Our message was summarized by new AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, “Business as usual is over. We are shutting you down now!”