Reigning in Corporate Greed [View All]

[GoLeft TV]

Run time: 05:27 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMuq5s7s5aw   Posted on YouTube: June 29, 2009 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: June 30, 2009 By DU Member: GoLeft TV Views on DU: 495

 
Thanks to an almost complete lack of regulation, the executives on Wall Street were able to gamble our economy for their own personal gain, ignoring ethics and in some cases the rule of law along the way. And while Congress is still trying to figure out whether or not to take action, the labor movement in America has decided to take matters into their own hands. Mike Papantonio of Air America's Ring of Fire talks with Richard Trumka, the secretary treasurer of the AFL-CIO, who has some big ideas on how to reign in the corruption and greed that has become too commonplace among Wall Street insiders.