[lbo-talk] bailout recipients lobby against EFCA

Charles Brown cdb1003 at prodigy.net
Thu Jan 29 14:11:01 PST 2009


--- On Thu, 1/29/09, SA <s11131978 at gmail.com> wrote:

From: SA <s11131978 at gmail.com> Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] bailout recipients lobby against EFCA To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org Date: Thursday, January 29, 2009, 10:00 PM

Doug Henwood wrote:


> The chutzpah:
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<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/27/bank-of-america-hosted-an_n_161248.html>


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> Three days after receiving $25 billion in federal bailout funds, Bank of
America Corp. hosted a conference call with conservative activists and business officials to organize opposition to the U.S. labor community's top legislative priority.
>
> Participants on the October 17 call -- including at least one
representative from another bailout recipient, AIG -- were urged to persuade their clients to send "large contributions" to groups working against the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA), as well as to vulnerable Senate Republicans, who could help block passage of the bill.

Interesting that BoA hosted the call. Are they worried about their own workforce organizing or is this broader class consciousness? The question goes doubly for AIG.

SA^^^^CB: Good point. It seems like ruling class consciousness. Class struggle is on display nakedly more than usual these days. ___________________________________ http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk



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