SEIU District 1199 New Connections Network

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Public Outrage Over Bank of America's Predatory Practices

In recent weeks, there's been a growing chorus of public outrage over the lavish bonuses paid to bank executives like Bank of America CEO Ken Lewis, whose self-serving profit schemes and risky financial deals led to today's economic collapse.

After spending billions to bailout big banks for their bad behavior, taxpayers are making their voices heard in the streets, in the halls of Congress, and through online campaigns to say: Enough is enough. It's time to close the chapter on corporate excess, restore America's middle class, and create an economy that works for everyone.

Leading up to Bank of America's annual shareholder meeting on April 29, consumers, employees and shareholders will call for reform, from top to bottom, of Banks of America's practices of preying on consumers, abusing employees, and using their power in Washington to block pro-worker legislation that would help restore our economy and rebuild the middle class. To get involved, go to http://takebacktheeconomy.org/.

Published Apr 15 2009, 06:46 PM by jwilkinson

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Welcome to the on-line community for Member Connectors (MCs) in SEIU/1199. Here, MCs will have the ability to control their own network, find important information about issues members really care about, and most importantly, MCs will be able to communicate with each other across the entire District.

For members who are currently MCs, please click on the "Sign In" tab located at the top right. If you have trouble logging in, please contact the administrator. If you would like to become and MC for your chapter, it's simple. Just click here and put in the subject line New MC. Your organizer will contact you directly to get you a username and password so you can begin to lead your own network at your worksite.

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Health-care battle nears

Insurers now back covering all, but oppose Democrats' call for competing fed plan Columbus Dispatch April 20, 2009 WASHINGTON -- When it comes to the U.S. health-care system, just about everyone seems to agree on two things: It costs too much, and...

04-20-2009 2:17 PM by jwilkinson to Discussion Points
Unions 1, Pirates 0: Seafarers Thank their Union in Fighting Pirates

In the battle of union members versus pirates, chalk one up for the union members. One of the crew members of the ship that fought off Somali pirates said it was because of the crew's union membership that they won. Watch the video and pass it on...

04-20-2009 2:13 PM by jwilkinson to Discussion Points
SEIU Calls On Financial Firms To Probe $5 Billion In Executive Pay

Dow Jones Newswires April 20, 2009 One of the nation's largest unions is calling for 29 financial-services companies to investigate more than $5 billion in pay given to the firms' five highest-paid executives. The pension funds of the Service...

04-20-2009 2:12 PM by jwilkinson to Discussion Points
U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown promotes health-care reform at Cleveland Heights gathering

Plain Dealer April 18, 2009 U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown stumped for national health-care reform at a Cleveland Heights church Friday morning, bringing with him local perspective and urgency. "We together are going to see this Congress pass national health...

04-20-2009 2:07 PM by jwilkinson to Discussion Points
Study: Let elderly choose care

by Chau Nguyen, Enquirer April 12, 2009 Elderly people tend to be more satisfied with their care when they play a role in controlling it, such as helping hire and supervise the health aides who work in their homes. And in many cases, the care costs less...

04-16-2009 10:47 AM by jwilkinson to Discussion Points

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Cleveland Sues 21 Lenders Over Subprime Mortgages

By CHRISTOPHER MAAG, The New York Times - - CLEVELAND — Cleveland is suing 21 of the nation’s largest banks and financial institutions, accusing them of knowingly plunging the city into a financial crisis by flooding the local housing market with subprime...

01-14-2008 1:01 PM by admin to National News
Supreme Court will hear voter ID case

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01-08-2008 8:54 AM by admin to National News
SEIU's Top Ten Reasons David Rubenstein Purchased the Magna Carta

NEW YORK, /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- It might be all the eggnog we have been drinking this week, or just the unbelievable irony of it all, but SEIU's folks at BehindtheBuyouts.org couldn't resist some idle speculation about what may have been going through...

12-21-2007 9:48 AM by admin to National News
Regulators, Markets Challenge Manor Care Buyout

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12-17-2007 9:53 AM by admin to National News
Union boss acts locally, thinks globally

Andrew Stern, head of SEIU, says foreign as well as U.S. workers should share in employers' success. - By Molly Selvin, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer Andrew Stern, maybe the most powerful union boss in the country, doesn't always act the part. As president...

12-10-2007 9:08 AM by admin to National News