28 January 2009

Bailed Out Banks Work Against Labor Bill

From the Huffington Post:
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 [Employee Free Choice Act], the U.S. labor community’s top legislative priority.

Participants on the October 17 call — including at least one representative from another bailout recipient, AIG — were urged to persuade their clients to send “large contributions” to groups working against EFCA, as well as to vulnerable Senate Republicans, who could help block passage of the bill.
I've about had it with this crap. Using bail out money to refurbish your office, hand out billions in bonuses, to purchase a fancy corporate jet from France. And now they're using funds to sucker-punch American workers when they're already down and out?

Fuck these guys. No more bailout money. Not another cent. Let them go under. They don't deserve to be in business.