Some Stuff I Think About... - Pissed about Bank of America's anti-Union conference call with conservatives?

As a BOA customer, I have been stewing since yesterday over this article detailing their participation in an anti-Union conference call.

As a proud USW member, I cannot in good conscience stay with them unless they issue a full apology and retraction. In a big way.

from the article:

Bank of America spokesman declined a request for public comment, and the bank's representative on the call played a minor role.

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As evidenced by its dual interpretation of the legislation, Bank of America's role in the EFCA fight is a bit murky. The company, as stated by an official there, hosted the call for the purposes of equity research, meaning that their goal was to represent the opinions of clients and not the bank itself. But their involvement in an effort to drum up support for defeating the labor-backed legislation, so soon after getting bail out funds from the federal government, left a bad taste in the mouth of some union officials.

"Bank of America is now not only getting bailout money. They are lending their name to participate in a campaign to stop workers from having a majority sign up ," said Stephen Lerner, Director of the Private Equity Project at SEIU. "The biggest corporations who have created the problem are, at the very time, asking us to bail them out and then using that money to stop workers from improving their lives."

So I contacted my bank. And of course, the hourly wage person on the other end could not give me any information on an 'official statement' and wasn't able to comment.

But I did get a contact name and phone number.

Scott Silvestri.

1-980-388-9921

Are you a customer? Please consider calling him and politely asking him how Bank of America can do this to the millions of working class people who bank with them, who would like a free choice of their own.

After taking taxpayer dollars - to use that cash - MY MONEY - to donate to Republicans to defeat legislation is beyond disgusting. They need to hear from us on this.

(A quick Google also came up with this number and email address:

Media: Scott Silvestri, of Bank of America, +1-704-388-9921, or
scott.silvestri@bankofamerica.com )