UAW Union Protesters Shut Down Detroit Bank of America
- Posted on March 25, 2011 at 4:27pm by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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Last week you saw SEIU protesters take over a bank in Stroudsburg, PA when they stormed a lobby in an effort to call out a CEO. Then you learned that a former (maybe) SEIU official hatched a secret plan to target JP Morgan Chase through massive loan defaults. Now we have video of United Auto Workers (UAW) protesters staging a rally outside a Bank of America in Detroit on Thursday. The gathering was so large it shut down the branch for 30 minutes.
Chants of “Money for schools, not for banks!“ and ”That’s not right!” echoed throughout the street as UAW president Bob King accused the bank of not paying taxes:
MLive.com reporter Jonathan Oosting points out that King’s railings may not be entirely accurate:
“In 2009, Bank of America made 4.4 billion dollars,” he told the crowd. “Can you guess what they paid in taxes? Not a nickel.”
Reports indicate Bank of America did not pay federal taxes in 2009 because it posted a net loss, not the profit King suggested, but critics argue the company is scheming the system. A spokesman told the Detroit Free Press the bank repaid all of it’s $45 billion government bailout and paid more than $40 billion in taxes between 2000 and 2009.
The protest was part of the UAW’s national convention. WXYZ-TV reports the convention hosted liberal stalwarts such as Danny Glover and Ed Schultz. It also captured one of the union’s favorite chants:
The march even included a new, yet still unoriginal, chant:
It’s unclear, as reader John B. says, why the union decries the bank bailout and yet is silent about that auto industry’s own suckling from the government coffers. But at least one thing this past week was made clear (if it wasn’t already) — the unions are on a campaign against America’s financial institutions.
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Comments (265)
Showtime
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 5:01pmDon’t tempt him!
Report Post »Eblaze44
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 5:00pmI’m not fond of BofA either – but my protest is – I don’t bank there.
Report Post »MidAmerican
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 5:00pmThe first thing the next President should do is decertify all Federal employee unions by Executive Order. Then the next Attorney General should look at the major labor unions via the RECO Act.
Report Post »This stuff has to stop.
Cherynn
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 4:56pmWhen you make $75-$80/hour, you can afford to take alot of time off work to protest how bad you are treated. All unions need to go, they are little more than organized crime rackets these days.
Report Post »NextGeneration
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 4:55pmThese people need to get a job. I’m tired of their “thug” mentalities. If you don’t have a job, get one. Don’t pick and choose a job if there not a lot to choose from. If you are a good and competitive worker, your employer will be more likely to keep you and give you a raise so you won’t find another job. These people just want stuff handed to them.
Report Post »Tnredneck
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 4:53pmI am suprised broker101 hasn’t congratulated glen beck on being right……again!
Report Post »sawhorse1950
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 4:51pmStupid people doing really stupid things. What so they expect the banker to do..come outside and give them all some $$$? Idiot union members. They are the reason companies move their businesses oveseas.
Report Post »Lucy Larue
Posted on March 26, 2011 at 4:05pmSAWHORSE1950,
Report Post »This is so big. It is so orchestrated. The Washington Times headline story last week?…,”Is It Economic Terrorism?” IS it Soros and his chaos, anarchy loving minions?
These Union idiots are just tools. They are puppets.
Sadly, they know NOTHING of the world.
If they lived in most other places in this world their skills would not even afford them the ability to purchase a plasma T.V., let alone an L.E.D.! They would not even be able to afford an education for their children.
“As ye sow, so shall ye reap”. What in the HELL are they sowing?!
They do not think. They just chant,”Gimme,Gimme,Gimme.I DESERVE IT!”
Why?Is it because their specific talent is screwing a specific bolt into a specific car part? DUH!
LadyIzShy
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 4:50pmdidnt I just read that GE didnt pay taxes either.. why doesnt the UAW go after them? why dont they go after themselves for GM getting a bailout.. this makes me sick.. i HATE the unions and what they are doing to this country
Report Post »APatriotFirst
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 4:50pmI do not like banks.
Going back to watching the Texas border for illegals.
Report Post »SavingtheRepublic.com
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 4:49pmYes he did and ppl call him nuts and a conspiracist for it. Its safe to say the more they try to demonize Beck the more right he is on something. So a good test is the louder they are on an issue he brings up the hotter it is and likelihood it will happen!
Report Post »theLarry
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 4:44pmawwww…boo hooo the teachers “have to sacrifice so much..” what BS! here’s an idea…if you don’t like your job go find another one! she names off all the states that are “anti-union” helloooo!!! shouldn’t that be telling you something? you can find any failing enterprise: government, private industry, etc & there‘s a very strong probability there’s a union involved…fed government, car industry…failing education system…on & on
Report Post »Joe Camel
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 4:42pmA good question would be, how many of those protesting paid their fair share of taxes? I am not a Bank of America customer due to their love of Illegal Aliens, but, facts need to be known instead of some paid trouble maker stirring up the “drones”.
Report Post »gulfstream41
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 5:40pmYou are right Joe. And they love minorities too. I have seen signs promoting good service in their branches and 7 out of 10 employees pictured in those signs are obviously minorities.
Report Post »mrmikejohnson
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 4:41pmUnions have been pure evil for the last 50 years.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 4:41pmOh, good! You guys and gals are sharp!
Report Post »Some of you immediately thought of GE, too!
glennisright.com
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 4:48pmMy first thought was GM and Chrysler, but G.E. works too.
Report Post »StevenL1955
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 4:40pmThey going to protest General Electric? GE nade 15 Billion but guess what Paid NO TAXES
I Protest!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 4:46pmThank you. I’d forgotten the amount they made. I mentioned it above.
Report Post »sawhorse1950
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 4:53pmGE and Immelt are Obama’s BFF. So they won’t so near GE.
Report Post »vennoye
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 4:58pmAbsolutely…….this from Drudge:
The company reported worldwide profits of $14.2 billion, and said $5.1 billion of the total came from its operations in the United States.
Its American tax bill? None. In fact, G.E. claimed a tax benefit of $3.2 billion.
Makes BOA look like a little fish! The unions can only get by with their “Targeted Outrage” if people are uninformed!
Report Post »GEW
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 5:32pmWhy you cant do that, they the Union own a piece of GE, dont they.
Report Post »glennisright.com
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 4:40pmThe auto industry got a way better deal then banks did….these thugs are ludicrous ignorant hippocrates.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 4:39pmWhy aren’t they banging on the doors of GE? GE paid NO INCOME TAXES!
Exxon, Bank of America and other Fortune 500 companies are escaping the tax burden.
Here it is if you’d like to read about them:
http://money.cnn.com/2010/04/16/news/companies/ge_7000_tax_returns/
I received an email this morning with GE’s income. Astounding that they pay no income taxes to the U.S.
Report Post »teddrunk
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 4:39pmWhat are those lazy UAW clowns marching about now. We bailed GM out to keep their Commie butt workin’ Be a Patriot…buy Japanese or Korean.
Report Post »CCS
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 9:16pmNice new Nissan in my garage!
Report Post »trueblueday
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 11:31pmGot two Toyotas – an ‘89 and a ’99 – Both will still be running strong 10 years from now, even with 250,000 miles on one of ‘em.
Report Post »Warphead
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 4:38pmHow appropriate that so many of them wear red. I fear that many Americans will buy into their socialistic commie B/S.
Report Post »joefboschsr
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 5:26pmthat is what I was thinking. I would like to know what the answer was to the Union worker that asked, “um who picked red and why?”
Report Post »ruffnex
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 6:17pmI recently purchaesd a RED sweatshirt…I look good in red…but now I’m afraid to wear it! Don’t want to be connected to that rabble!
Report Post »Buckeyefan4life
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 8:27pmAs a Buckeye Fan fulyy 80% of my casual wear consists of scarlet (red) and gray. Looks like i need to go shopping less i be mistaken for one of these dolts.
Report Post »lulu229
Posted on March 26, 2011 at 5:47pm@Buckeye– As I sit here with my OHIO state scarlet shirt on… mourning our loss to KY, I feel the need to remind you that the scarlet of our beloved buckeyes is not even close to the shade of red of those commies! Our scarlet is the scarlet of love, the scarlet of the stripes of our flag, and the scarlet of the blood of our warriors…. Don’t let the bastards confused you or get you down…wear your scarlet proudly!!
O-H!
Report Post »lulu229
Posted on March 26, 2011 at 5:52pm@Buckeye– As I sit here with my OHIO state scarlet shirt on… mourning our loss to KY, I feel the need to remind you that the scarlet of our beloved buckeyes is not even close to the shade of red of those commies! Our scarlet is the scarlet of love, the scarlet of the stripes of our flag, and the scarlet of the blood of our warriors…. Don’t let the bastards confused you or get you down…wear your scarlet proudly!!
BurntHills
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 4:37pmthis is exactly what obama had planned —since the 1990s. now he has soros backing his agenda as he implements soros’s NWO commie agenda. ..we are seeing the start of the big labor unions coming out as communists and destroying America from within.
(the family just read “The Roots of obama’s Rage” by Dinesh D’Souza. …totally explains obama’s role in all of this.)
Report Post »Unbelievable
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 4:37pmAre they going over to GE next? Didn’t they get bailout money and then make a profit but yet found loopholes not to pay taxes?
Report Post »Unbelievable
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 4:45pmOh wait… I forgot, GE and Immelt are exempt from union thugs because they’re best buds with the big guy.
Report Post »sissykatz
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 5:06pmUnbelievable
You are exactly right. GE did not pay a dime either. If they would go to the fair tax they would end up with much more money, big businesses would pay that and the public also.Maybe they would not have to farm out the things overseas. Keep more businesses here they pay taxes and CREATE jobs, What a Concept!!!! The companies would make more because they would not have to pay all the Lobbyist and the tax people, get rid of Unions and that sounds like a good business plan to me.
Report Post »Navyveteran
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 6:12pmUnbelievable
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 4:37pm
Are they going over to GE next? Didn’t they get bailout money and then make a profit but yet found loopholes not to pay taxes?
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I can top that. Not only did GE get bail out money, make a profit, not pay taxes, or pay the taxpayers back. They created over 500 jobs by opening a plant in Mexico! Our tax money at its Best. God love America!
Report Post »thetwilightzone
Posted on March 26, 2011 at 3:03pmGE chief executive Jeff Immelt‘s side job as head of Obama’s innovation and jobs council.
Report Post »GE owns NBC, various newspapers and of course, that paragon of honesty and totally unbiased 24 hour news, the lovely MSNBC!
In June, 2008, Rangel (then democrat chairman of the tax committee) and Immelt were together in Harlem announcing a $30 million donation to benefit New York City schools, $11 million of which would go to institutions in Rangel’s district.
You scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours kind of deals-only for GE
obama_binpharteen
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 4:37pmI‘ve come to the determination that unions don’t want to hear the truth about anything. They just want what they think is theirs.
Report Post »JustMeHere_01
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 9:11pmHave you noticed that union workers claim to be proud to work for the union. They have absolutely no loyaly to the company that actually pays their salary. ??????????????
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 4:36pmChants of “Money for schools, not for banks!“ and ”That’s not right!” echoed throughout the street as UAW president Bob King accused the bank of not paying taxes:
Report Post »———–
So when are these thugs ‘protesting’ outside GE offices ?
Maybe they‘ll go over to Immelt’s home and shout their lungs out to make him pay his fair share
( since GE paid NO taxes)
Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 5:03pmSimple, they will not. GE is allied with the fed’s too deeply for it to happen.
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 5:22pm@ Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Report Post »You mean just like Google ? Hmmmmm
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-10-21/google-2-4-rate-shows-how-60-billion-u-s-revenue-lost-to-tax-loopholes.html
No wonder Google has their man in WH , just like GE
Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 5:35pm@Cheezwhiz
Yup.
Report Post »JustMeHere_01
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 9:04pmYes they want more money for the schools so that they can hire more teachers to teach non-educational studies. I was talking to my Granddaughters mom and she said the school spent a solid week discussing the BP oil spill and telling the kids how bad BP is and told the students to go home and tell their parents not to buy BP gas.
From my memory of elementary school I was taught math and the ABCs. Now it appears that teachers would rather teach the NEA agenda. You know something……people should really become aware of who they elect to the School Board. This is where the problems begin. Local activism is the answer and becoming aware of the local School Board and their members.
Report Post »Steven63
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 4:35pmI’ll give props to the union on this one. Anybody willing to call out the banks for taking tax payer money after making all those bad loans…
And to pour salt in the wound now the state governments have to cut back the ‘average worker’ benefits and salaries because lord know Uncle Sam isn’t going to bail them out like they did the banks.
Next, they should protest in front of the democrat and republican offices of those who supported TARP, etc.
Report Post »Kevin
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 4:56pm@Steven63,
A lot of those loans were federally mandated thanks to ACORN and the Community Re-Investment Act. Not saying they all were, but a large chunk of them were given to people with bad credit and low paying jobs at the governments urging.
Report Post »doublezero12
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 4:59pmNo… the banks were FORCED to make bad loans via regulations made up by Barnie Frank and his ilk. If they (the union thugs) really were serious, or their true intentions weren’t nefarious, then they’d be protesting Democrats in congress. That’s who started the who housing mess, NOT the banks!
Report Post »drbage
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 7:31pmNot to defend the banks, but the CRA and the ACORN/Bawney Fwank’s coalition forced the banks to lend money to anyone who could prove they were alive-even if they used a notarized proxy. In some states, the banks were obligated to accept government assistance, food stamps, and Section VIII housing allotments as proof of INCOME!
Report Post »restorehope
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 8:01pm@steven63
Report Post »All of the blame cannot be dumped on the banks. A great many of them were also pressured by the government to give loans to people who could not afford them (all in the name of social justice). How do you think Fannie and Freddie got into such trouble? Most unfairly, libs like Barney Frank in Congress protected F & F from the prosection that they richly deserve.
restorehope
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 8:09pmI’m really impatient with those who blame the banks and the wealthy whenever someone needs a scapegoat for some misjustice in this country. It is so easy to point the finger at them rather than actually look for the real culprit. I think banks and the wealthy are so easily blamed because people are envious and enjoy seeing them being “cut down to size”.
Report Post »Uriel
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 10:24pmYes, the banks must be evil for accepting money that the Federal Government GUARANTEED BY CONTRACT that they would receive if the loans weren’t repaid.
Report Post »GetUpOnTheWheel
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 4:30pmDon’t these people have jobs to go to?
Report Post »TERMLIMITSNOW
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 4:35pmExactly what I was thinking..the unions need to pipe down, they have it pretty darn good. People are going to get feed up with it soon enough. I already am.
Report Post »BadBob
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 4:36pmNo.
cheezwhiz
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 4:42pmWhats even funnier is these parasites calling themselves “ taxpayers”
Report Post »jollylama
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 4:46pmThis is their job.. They are hired professional astro turds
Report Post »copper
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 4:51pmThe Unions are simply the mafia in a new dress. Same shakedowns, protection money, intimidation, thuggery and bottomless money pit. They want to OWN the US and they are going to keep rampaging. They want people to think they have the people behind them….really they are a small minority like Lenin and his gang when they took over Russia and Castro & Che their band of hoodlums. They are the REAL DOMESTIC TERRORISTS!
Report Post »Cemoto78
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 4:56pmThe entitlement crowd strikes again.
Report Post »TEIN
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 4:59pmHow come they never ask for money from the Union Bosses?? Don’t they spend millions of dollars on Libby/Progressive political candidates?? How about some of that money instead of basically “stealing” by mafia tactics by intimidating a bank?? Trust me, I have no love for BoA, but this is just wrong on many levels….
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 5:02pm@SavingtheRepublic.com
I have to agree with you. Something here is out of whack, and the number of demonstrations with the unions – especially now against the banks, appear to be well coordinated. I have to wonder what the makers of the econ terrorist against JP Morgan and the NYSE also have hatched to ramp up even more pressure, and as contingency plans in the event one or more fail to mature in desired ends.
Do not expect the administration or the DOJ to do anything here in any union or econ terrorist plots, they most likely will allow them to proceed forward, unless it becomes politically expedient to hang them out to dry for a larger ending.
Report Post »pajamash
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 5:05pmSo?! Let me get this straight:
Corporations don’t want to pay taxes.
Individuals (union members) don’t want to pay taxes.
But everyone wants roads, bridges, healthcare, etc., etc., paid for.
“THAT’S NOT RIGHT!”
Report Post »“THAT’S NOT RIGHT!”
“THAT’S NOT RIGHT!”
“THAT’S NOT RIGHT!”
“THAT’S NOT RIGHT!”
“THAT’S NOT RIGHT!”
“THAT’S NOT RIGHT!”
“THAT’S NOT RIGHT!”
“THAT’S NOT RIGHT!”
LockeStep
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 5:07pmThis IS there job. Search job sites and craigslist and you will find posting for people to do this kind of thing. They advertise for progressive bloggers and “community organizers” etc.
Don’t believe me, check for yourself…
Report Post »http://newyork.craigslist.org/search/?areaID=3&subAreaID=&query=community+organizers&catAbb=jjj
nosycophant
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 5:09pmDid Glover have trouble getting a cab and have to take a bus.
Report Post »Creestof
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 5:11pmSomeone want to tell me why the FBI is not called the second this happens? Is this not their territory? Just like bank robberies are.
Report Post »GEW
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 5:30pmIf I walked into the local B of A, and started chanting “money for schools, and waving my hands and posters” what the heck do you think would happen to be.
Where is the FBI on this. Banks fall under their protection and as far as I am concerned how do I know they are not trying to rob these banks. these people need to be arrested. NOW
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 5:37pmThey shut down a bank in Detroit. That’s like shutting down an Ice Factory on the North Pole. Detroit is broke, what banking are they doing, foreclosing on the 1,000′s of empty homes, not giving loans to the 100′s of buisness going broke.
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 5:41pmTEIN
Report Post »How come they never ask for money from the Union Bosses??
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These are UAW vermins demanding that BofA pay for schools ( schools and children are libbersh for teachers unions), the same UAW which got bailed out by taxpayers to ‘save’ the
‘American worker ’ while investors and vendors got burned by Obama
Shasta
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 5:44pmI hear Glenn Beck and others say it is the union leaders, not the union workers. I just don’t see it. These guys with the pre-printed signs are too numerous for that to be true. Go back to work people.
Report Post »TXPilot
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 5:44pmLook at all the stupid sheeple doing the bidding of their evil union masters….I wonder where these idiots think their salaries and retirement are going to come from, once they assist in collapsing our financial system? If they succeed, oneday soon they will be working for a bowl of rice per day, with a wonderful retirement that consists of “your usefulness has ended to the state so get out”!!…I hear that if your hungry enough, even dog food starts sounding tasty…well, unless you are forced to eat the dog instead.
Report Post »encinom
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 5:50pmWhile the Astro-turf tea-party represents the interests of the Koch Brothers and other DC insiders, its good to see the unions standing up for the rights of the people.
TXPilot
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 5:56pm@ENCINOM……yes, the unions are sticking up for the rights of the people…They are giving them the right to be misled and used by evil thugs, all the while contributing to their own future financial destruction. Keep it up loyal union drones and no more jobs, no more tenure, no more benefits, no more retirement, no more food and no more place to live for you in the future…..basically, no more anything….sucks to be you. I just hope you dont manage to take the rest of us with you down the drain.
Report Post »Gold Coin & Economic News
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 5:58pmThis is exactly what happened during the Clinton years to banks when people who couldn’t afford mortgages wanted to get them anyway.
Read my article about the scam Community Reinvestment Act and how groups like ACORN did this very same thing:
Report Post »http://www.usgoldcoinauctions.com/gold-coin-blog/2011/03/the-failed-social-experiment-of-the-community-reinvestment-act/
TaraR42
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 6:20pmWHEN are these protesters going to head on over to GE it seems that they scammed the system not one red cent was paid in taxes to the US and they made a boat load of cash too
Report Post »Montana Made
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 6:30pmYou know- I ‘ve been hearing the Koch Brothers crap for a month now. I looked them up. Here’s what I found: over the last 10 years, the Koch Bros. have donated $1.5M to political commitees (83% republican/17%other). Over the same time George Soros donated $32.6M- ALL to liberal political organizations including MoveOn.org!
Oh- and the Koch Bros. also donated over $600 MILLION for medical research (mostly cancer research), land preservation, scholarships, etc… all to better peoples lives. So the next time someone spouts off on the Koch Bros.- they may want to find out if they or someone they know was a recipient of the research they caused to happen!!
George Soros? not so much… All he is doing is making $$ off the new infusion of $2 BILLION to Petrobras in Brazil. Obama pledged that last week.
Yeah- evil, EVIL Koch Brothers…
Report Post »felina g
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 6:41pmIt isn`t the money….it is the DEBT. DEBT=POWER
” [In explaining the "true" nature of banking in the world] The IBBC is a bank. Their objective isn’t to control the conflict, it’s to control the debt that the conflict produces. You see, the real value of a conflict, the true value, is in the debt that it creates. You control the debt, you control everything. You find this upsetting, yes? But this is the very essence of the banking industry, to make us all, whether we be nations or individuals, slaves to debt.
From “The International”
Report Post »lovenfl3
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 6:43pmThe unions need to focus on their own underfunded pensions and quit telling everyone else how to live their lives. It’s time for the American people to stand up to these thugs. Youtube has a great video on this called a time for choosing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7UWMwmhr7Q
Report Post »taskmaster78
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 6:47pmnope to busy going to rallies. Wow life’s grand. Cheers
Report Post »concealled9mms
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 6:49pmI bet my porsche runs better then any car detroit can turn out
Report Post »drbage
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 7:25pmWonder how many UAW members have accounts at BoA?
Report Post »EP46
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 7:38pmNot in Detroit. The big LABOR UNIONS killed all the jobs in Detroit…these folks must have been bussed in by the unions.
Report Post »restorehope
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 7:43pmI hope the unions keep on being belligerent and repugnant to the American public. Let their greed and viciousness be seen by everyone. They use their bullhorns to scream lies about the bank, and the union flunkies in the crowd believe every word without question. Let’s hope they will be arrested for disorderly conduct for halting business. Although they think it will generate sympathy for themselves, it will have the opposite effect. People will eventully start to get angry and repulsed when they watch these thugs in action. When all things are said and done, no one likes a bully.
Report Post »Anti_Spock
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 8:10pmCommunist Party strikes again with a propagandized legion of brainwashed drones.
Report Post »raydg
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 8:15pmYes, they do have a job and you are seeing their jobs. Paid protesting
Report Post »cruzinbill
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 8:26pmWhat business do they have storming a bank.Should’nt they be building automobiles.Now i know why i will never buy an American car again.
Report Post »Thatsitivehadenough
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 8:26pmStop buying American made cars. These people don’t deserve jobs let alone any money taken from taxpayers.
Put the COMMUNIST unions out of their jobs. Let them feel the pain.
Report Post »nptden
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 8:26pmWhy don‘t they throw them out with ’trespassing’?..Notice how they all wear ‘red’ shirts. Very symbolic for communists…Just like the dress Mama Bama wore in Brazil…When is America going to wake up to the fact we have communists at the highest levels of our government?
Report Post »STUBBYK
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 8:30pmThey must have heard the bank was giving out free tissues. Seems to me the bullies needed them to wipe away their tears and runny noses after being body slammed after their power was challenged and the public found out about the outrageous benefits they receive. They’ve been spanked like a spoiled brat, and deservedly so. Time to get back to basics and earn an honest living like the other 80% of the working population.
Report Post »right-wing-waco
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 9:07pmWake up you liberal morons. Business does not pay taxes… consumers pay ALL taxes.
Report Post »M-O-O-N Spells Moon
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 9:19pmI have never seen the “good side” of unions, only the bad. I know my mom told me how her union (40 years ago) went to bat for her in a dispute with a manager, but that’s the last time I heard of someone being actually helped by a union. Plenty of stories about them refusing to help because “you got a higher wage than you deserve, so shut up.”
Report Post »I had to cross a picket line once as a teenager driving a delivery truck for a construction company. If I hadn’t crossed, 35 guys in our company were going to get laid off that day. Plenty of union thugs literally beating on my truck with baseball bats; it scared the hell outta me. Had my order fullfilled by guys in white shirts and ties, running the forklifts. Then they snuck me out the back entrance to avoid the mob. Nope. Never seen the good side of a union, although I’m told by rational people that there is a good reason they exist. Noe one is giving any convincing evidence of the good they perform for their members or society. I firmly believe the time for labor unions has passed. I will not take a union job, unless it were the last job to be had and my family would otherwise starve. Prostitution would feel cleaner.
aladytoo
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 9:31pmThey are political prostitutes!!!!!
Report Post »denise55
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 9:33pmThe only taxes they pay are the ones we the taxpayer put into their pay checks. So they pay taxes with tax money. The PRIVATE sector UNION/NON-UNION workers are the ones who pay taxes, not the public union worker who is pay with tax money. And damn good wages, sick pay, paid holidays and health care benefits. Our teachers only work 9 months(minus all the holidays)out of the years. and they say “with everything the teachers sacrifice. What do they sacrifice, snow days?
Report Post »DSN397
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 10:27pmDon’t worry, they’re being paid to be there. Professional protester’s.
Report Post »thepatriotdave
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 11:36pmHave they seen the General Electric story yet? They should!
Who do you want to run for POTUS in 2012?
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NSDQ
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 11:40pmYou know if they REALLY had a clue they’d all be holding FAIRTAX NOW signs, but alas no such luck
Report Post »1911a1
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 11:42pmAttention !!!! UNION MAGGOTS !!!! ….. Go pound sand in a bucket! Quit stealing from taxpayers to pad your pensions and ridiculously over paid salaries !!!!
Report Post »independentvoteril
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 11:48pmfirstly NO these people don’t have jobs to go to.. they are day workers hired by the Unions (at least most of them are) and they are paid to stand and hold a sign.. they are told by the orgainizers NOT to talk to the press refer them to a REAL member.. which would make the protesters the ONLY ones actually willing to do the jobs that members don’t want to do..IF you ever get the chance to see a union protest first hand they arrive get shirts.. name tags .. sign in..(so they get paid) and than get signage to carry..told what to say.. The question I have is HAVEN’T any of these not so bright union leaders watched the shows about the FEDS and the BANKS??? Apparently they think there’s real money in them there banks.. or something other than paper worth nothing..
Report Post »independentvoteril
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 11:53pm@ TERMLIMITSNOW.. NOTICE it’s mostly ONE union that is doing all this??? SEIU..
Report Post »1TrueOne55
Posted on March 26, 2011 at 2:22amUnions are Spiritual Communists they both do the same thing. Take from all and keep for themselves. And if B of A did not pay taxes then the IRS and the FEDERAL RESERVE would be looking into that but as with all things public lately they are just a bunch of lies giving them cover to justify their feigned anger. And if you should try to expose the truth you better be wearing a complete suit of Armor like the Knights of the 14th Century. Because they will bring the crowbars, tire irons and plumbing pipe to beat your arse.
Report Post »dr_funk
Posted on March 26, 2011 at 6:07amBy “jobs” do you mean “constantly taking paid breaks to smoke pot and get drunk”…?
Report Post »Ruler4You
Posted on March 26, 2011 at 10:05amB.of A. pay your taxes? What about GE? $14 Billion in PROFITS and $0 in taxes? Come on here, lets pull our heads out. Either we have a common set of rules or we don’t. Not a special set for everyone.
Report Post »don young
Posted on March 26, 2011 at 10:51amdo they know GE made 5 billion profit in the united states and payed 0 taxas what are they going to do about them but dont hold your breath
Report Post »TRDOFITALL
Posted on March 26, 2011 at 11:18amHOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO SAY THIS? ! ! ! ! STOP BUYING UNION (GM, etc.) GOODS. When their sales FAIL because WE have COLLECTIVLY spoken, Either they will get the MESSAGE to SHUT-UP or WE WiII SHUT them DOWN! ! !
Report Post »Lindsey.gilbert529
Posted on March 26, 2011 at 2:36pmNo, They bargained this into their contracts. They’re getting paid to go to these things.
Probably.
I honestly couldn’t back that up, but it wouldn’t surprise me. Not at all.
Report Post »Journeywoman
Posted on March 26, 2011 at 3:21pmI am a 24-yr UAW electrician. I (nor anyone i know) have EVER attended one of these protests, nor have I been aware of ANY of these protests before they happened. I DID attend a T.E.A. party rally in Battle Creek 2 summers ago and I was bummed out that I couldn’t attend the 8/28 rally.
Report Post »These people are NOT rank & file union members. They ARE union appointees and PAID protestors. WE work 45-55 hr weeks minimum. WE don’t have time for union bull****. You could remove every one of these “protestors” and not lose one unit of production. BELIEVE me, I wish there was something I could do to keep them from spending my dues on politics. It’s kind of like SS. You pay in money for a specific purpose. They STEAL your money, use it for unintended purposes & when it’s time to pay your pension & healthcare… ooops, no money. THAT is why they want Obamacare. Then all of the money they’ve stolen, won’t be noticed.
lulu229
Posted on March 26, 2011 at 5:27pmno, just checks to collect and benefits to use
Report Post »Bum thrower
Posted on March 26, 2011 at 10:36pmYou are watching the end of the “union gravy train’. RIP……..
Report Post »MadinIllinois
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 11:33amOh, cry me a river why don’t you! Everyone who works in the professional business community has had to go to school (B. A./Masters) in order to enter their selected profession. They didn’t start at the top earning bonuses and high pay – they had to start at the bottom like everyone else and work their way to the top, saving & scrimping for their retirement all the way. So, please tell me – “what” sacrifices have teachers made that is more significant then the ones we have made? I have a mother-in-law and sister-in-law both in the teaching profession who get paid sick days, holidays and are off most of the summer. And according to them, their jobs are so hard because “parents” aren’t as involved with the various school programs as they should be. It don’t matter that BOTH parents are having to work in order to keep their families head above water….
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