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Hey Bankers: Stop Fighting Reform

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Mark Your Calendar for
Noon EDT , Tuesday, April 13
FACT: Wall Street bankers paid themselves more than $145 BILLION in 2009. That’s a lot of money. But guess what else they are spending big on?

Join AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka Tuesday at noon for a live online video discussion of the 2010 AFL-CIO Executive PayWatch report and learn more about Wall Street bankers, their outrageous pay and massive lobbying efforts.

RSVP TODAY.

With health care reform enacted, Congress and the president have set their sights on reforming the Wall Street casino.

We couldn’t agree more, because we can’t afford another financial mess like the one we’re still cleaning up. Millions are out of work, while bankers are taking home billions. It’s not fair and it’s not right.

Take a moment today and tell your senators to fight for real financial reform NOW.

After tanking our economy, helping put us in an 11-million-jobs hole and taking hundreds of billions in taxpayer bailout dollars, the Big Banks on Wall Street already are back to business as usual: fighting to keep their profits and pay high at the expense of working families.

Instead of lending in their communities, they are choking off much-needed credit. And instead of working with Congress to develop good, commonsense regulations to prevent another financial meltdown, they are spending millions lobbying to protect their own narrow interests.

We can’t let it happen again. Properly regulating our financial markets is central to securing the economic future of America’s working families.

Hard-working Americans are angry, frustrated and fed up. Big Wall Street banks helped create our financial crisis and must pay to create the jobs they destroyed, and accept commonsense regulations to ensure it never happens again.

The Senate is working on a financial reform bill right now. Take action today and tell your senators we’re counting on them to fight for real reform that:

  • Creates an independent agency to protect consumers from predatory lenders;
  • Sheds light on the shadow financial system; and
  • Puts mandatory limits on bank size and risky behavior.

Thank you for your support and we hope you can join us Tuesday at noon for the special live webcast with President Trumka launching the 2010 AFL-CIO Executive PayWatch. Learn more about Wall Street bankers, their outrageous pay, massive lobbying expenditures and how we can help make real financial reform a reality.

In solidarity,

Marc Laitin
AFL-CIO Online Mobilization Coordinator

P.S. Take a moment and tell your senators to fight for real financial reform today.

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