Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Union, Grassroots Group Orgnize Invasion Of Lender Exec's, Lobbyist's Lawns

CBS News reports:
  • As the Senate gears up to continue its debate over Wall Street reform, liberal activists and labor unions are mobilizing protesters against the big banks in demonstrations in downtown Washington and in front of the homes of bank lobbyists.

  • Several hundred demonstrators from multiple states on Sunday collected in front of the homes Gregory Baer, a deputy counsel for Bank of America, and Peter Scher, an executive and lobbyist for JPMorgan Chase. Organized by the Service International Employees Union (SEIU) and the Chicago-based grassroots group National People's Action (NPA), the protesters took to the wealthy Washington suburbs to demand that banks stop lobbying against financial reform legislation.

For more, see Liberal Protesters Descend onto Bank Exec's Lawns.

For the accompanying YouTube video, see NPA and SEIU at the home of BofA's Gregory Baer.

See also, Charlotte Business Journal: Union targets Bank of America executive in Washington.