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Finance reform can spur job creation

April 5, 2010 By John Wojcik

The nation's labor movement is on target with its point that the risky practices on Wall Street were behind the destruction of 11 million jobs in America.

Tired of bank greed, Missouri protesters say

March 25, 2010 By Tony Pecinovsky

ST. LOUIS - "We're tired of corporate America and the CEOs taking all our money," Ashli Bolden said as over 100 people protested inside the Bank of America tower on March 24.

Fight for finance reform next in the national spotlight

March 25, 2010 By John Wojcik

As they celebrate their success with health care reform labor and its allies are already focusing on strengthening the financial reform legislation just approved by the Senate Banking Committee.

Banks should pay to repair their mess, rally demands

March 24, 2010 By Rick Nagin

The rally's point was dramatized by a man wearing a tuxedo and a pig mask who made mock attempts to steal purses and pick the pockets of demonstrators.

Oakland residents demand action vs. banks

March 12, 2010

OAKLAND, Calif. - Fighting back tears, anger in his voice, Al Marshall recounted how his "kids were crying when the judgment came down" to abandon the home in which they were growing up.