"Think about it…"

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka...

"...Bank of America, which makes about $1 billion a month, announces it’s going to charge customers $5 a month to use their own money to shop with their debit cards. Mind you this is the financial giant that paid its global banking and markets president nearly $30 million dollars last year—and this year turned around and announced it’s going to fire 30,000 workers!"

Almost makes me wish I had some money in Bank of (their) America so I could close the account and send 'em a cut up card.

If you've got some money in Bank of (their) America, why don't y'all do that for me? I bet you're eligible for membership in some credit union or another.

Dollar of the day.

Via Robert's Daily Dose...

Me too, also.

Report: Bank of America may need another $100-$200 billion

Yep, me too.

Heck, a couple hundred thou would be fine.

Solidarity for…

...well, for five days was all it took, as it turns out.

CHICAGO, Illinois (CNN) -- Laid-off workers at a Chicago window factory ended a five-day sit-in after banks agreed to lend the failed company $1.75 million for outstanding wages and benefits, union officials said Wednesday.

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Workers approved the deal at a meeting Wednesday night. Union official Carl Rosen said the average worker will receive about $6,000 under the package.

But he added: "This is about more than just money. It's about what can be achieved when workers organize and stand up for justice."

When the union's inspiration
Thru' the worker's blood shall run
There can be no power greater
Anywhere beneath the sun
But what force on earth is weaker
Than the feeble strength of one
The union makes us strong!

Well done, brothers and sisters.

The times, they are a' changing…

Bank of America is particularly concerned about surface mining conducted through mountain top removal in locations such as central Appalachia. We therefore will phase out financing of companies whose predominant method of extracting coal is through mountain top removal. While we acknowledge that surface mining is economically efficient and creates jobs, it can be conducted in a way that minimizes environmental impacts in certain geographies.

The link is to a .pdf file. The emphasis is mine.

That's about as impressive a display of corporate citizenship as I can recall since, well, as I can recall at all, I suppose.

Nice to see a company that understands that its shareholders gain nothing from a poisoned planet.

Hat tip to rperks.