Teachers, firefighters, cops target M&I with boycott (bank closes doors)

[Snoutport]

Source: Milwaukie Wisconsin Sentinal Journal

Teachers, firefighters and police officers said they would begin a boycott of M&I Bank if the bank does not begin publicly opposing Gov. Scott Walker's efforts to curtail collective bargaining for public workers.

Unions representing those groups said they would start other boycotts of businesses that backed Walker in his campaign.

Read more: http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/117756068.html

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I have seen posts that the firemen withdrew all their money today and one of the branches closed over it! This bank is a big supporter of Scott Walker.

[kath]

1. Woot!

[iwishiwas]

8. And a much louder WOOT.

[KansDem]

87. WOOT to the MAX!!!

KnR!
:dem:

[Snoutport]

28. LINK FOR ARTICLE ABOUT CLOSED BANK IS DOWN IN THE POSTINGS!

I goofed up and didn't reference it right

[howmad1]

59. Gee, it's too bad M&I bank had to close down.

But not to worry; Obama and crew will find a way to bail them out if they get in trouble.

[Snoutport]

102. I can't wait for spring break when the teachers have a chance to get to the bank

There will probably be quite a money pull out at that time...that's my guess.

[Tansy_Gold]

2. Just don't read the comments

:puke:

[hamsterjill]

4. Seriously!!!

Where's my alka seltzer?

[geardaddy]

5. Thanks for the late warning.

I read some.

They've gotta have it all their way.

[NeoConsSuck]

17. After reading those comments

I now understand how Walker got elected.

French Revolution in reverse. Middle class slobs demanding those other middle class slobs be brought down a few pegs. And the republicans laugh at how easy this is.

[think]

39. The Drudge Report has been linking to jsonline.com

and it shows. Please let people know that is why you are seeing all those evil posts!

[eowyn_of_rohan]

40. these are all probably written by 2 or 3 shills and their sock puppets

I've had a lot of previous experience with this board... :eyes:

[PatrynXX]

63. yeah Trolls

or KKK folk etc...

[pam4water]

75. I always wonder about that.

[Lorien]

29. Comments always skew to the extreme Right

all of those entitled RW keyboard commandos typing away on their parents' computers all day, living on trust funds and handouts.

[Arctic Dave]

33. Its amazing what they are able to get away with. Some of it is straight up threatning.

And yet I got kicked off our local newspaper chat page for reasons I still don't know.

[eowyn_of_rohan]

77. Yeah-you also have to wonder who sent the "death threat" emails to the Thugs

...just in time for them to have a "security" excuse for not letting anyone into the Capitol before the Assembly vote.

[Left_Is_Right]

89. don't feel too bad...

I think 2 out of about 50 posts I made on hp got thru...I just stopped posting there

Lefty

[eridani]

72. I think it's far more likely they are being paid by Koch whores n/t

[Enthusiast]

74. These employees are all over the net.

Hell, they are right on this thread.

[Snoutport]

30. Maybe those fake computer people HB Gary was talking about send them

It is amazing how fast the hate comments get posted on newspaper sites.

[savalez]

34. That's the whole idea behing DU.

Repost here. Discuss.

:)

[Snoutport]

100. very true

and very fun

[femrap]

48. Those comments are just

horrid...all coming from the little cubicles located at the Heritage Foundation in DC. The occupants of the cubicles get maybe $12 to $15/hour. They'd love to be part of a Union, but they're just too afraid.

Fook 'em.

[lifesbeautifulmagic]

99. I have a friend who blogs for a small Wisconsin newspaper

(in the community section, where just about anyone can start a blog). Anyway, she moderates and gets to approve comments before they are published, and she knows for certain, for sure, that the most hateful, right wing, anti-teacher, anti-union comments come from out of state. And they post multiple responses from multiple user names.

This isn't to say that there are not those type of opinions out there, but that the opposition is organized, and perhaps paid, and definitely committed to destroying what is left of the middle class. Her feeling is that, from the the choice of wording and sentence structure, they are older teabagger types. Think the Glenn Beck rallies.

[Snoutport]

105. oh...youmean the ones

who are getting social security and medicaid but are denouncing socialized medicine? Those are the ones that make me maddest! No medical care for children...just for ME!

[geardaddy]

Solidarity, brothers and sisters

:applause:

[louis-t]

3. Perfect. Support a repug, lose your business.

Scorched Earth Republicans make me sick.

[jacquelope]

85. How about

we start targeting liberal employers for support?

De-fund their base, fund ours...

[Kingofalldems]

6. K and R for action

Excellent.

[Iliyah]

16. Also

can someone put up the list of products that the Koch Brothers make and/or sell.

[Kingofalldems]

18. Can I kick your response?

I know one--Brawny paper towels.

[boppers]

49. DU article on boycot products:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x9018547

DK list:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/8/24/895947/-Boycott-Koch-Products

[swilton]

79. Thanks - especially for the links

K&R& Bookmarked

[Bozita]

7. Any questions now about the power of money?

[Oceansaway]

9. Solidarity Forever !...nt

[Lucky Luciano]

10. Will become BMO (Bank of Montreal) once ther merger closes.

The protesters would be winning if the deal spread widens much with continued withdrawals and BMO has to reconsider if it is worth paying the breakup fee...I doubt any of that will happen.

[PatSeg]

11. When will businesses realize

that they need all those "little people" and their disputed wages?

[elfin]

12. I wonder where AFSCME banks.

And also WI AFL sector -- not just the individuals, but the BIG union accounts.

[GillesDeleuze]

13. THIS IS ILLEGAL (closing a bank to avoid withdrawls)

Report this to all authorities, local, state, federal and financial.

[jpak]

15. done

:rofl:

[FeelingBlue]

27. Really?

Did you report this to someone? Who did you go to? You are amazing.:applause: :applause:

[Critters2]

21. The article doesn't say the bank closed its doors.

I'd like to know where the OP got that info.

[GillesDeleuze]

84. i work around the corner, it closed.

and our nonprofit has about a quarter mil at that branch.

[virgogal]

14. Good for them. Damn banks.

[louslobbs]

19. We have the real power, we just have to step up and use it before it's too late.

these Republicons with their Koch Klan and their Supreme Court and their bought and paid for media are not going to give up their fight, so we cannot give up ours. Yesterday is just their next step in taking everything for themselves at our expense. They need to be stopped and only we, in mass, can stop this right wing radical sickness from spreading and killing off all of our futures.
Lou

[Critters2]

20. Umm...the actual headline doesn't have the phrase (bank closes doors) nt

[Snoutport]

22. is that a big no no?

i saw some other people do it but it seems not so many now that I'm really paying attention. I just joined a couple days ago so i'm kinda feeling out the rules.

i certainly don't want to get my privileges removed. I like it here too much!

[Snoutport]

23. it was too late to edit

sorry about that :0( i will be better in the future.

[Critters2]

24. Sorry. Didn't notice you were new. Yeah, it's a violation, but not a huge one.

Supposed to quote headlines directly in the subject line, then opine in the body of the post.

Do you have a link showing the bank closed early?

Oh, and welcome to DU! :hi:

[Snoutport]

26. Here's a link to the article about the bank closing.

I should have put this in my original post but it was too late:

http://www.dane101.com/current/2011/03/10/firefighters_target_mi_bank_for_executive_support_of_walker

[pacalo]

69. Don't worry, Snout! Live & learn. Great video on that link, so thanks!

:hi:

[idrahaje]

35. Can see the headline now.

Newbie creates uproar. :) But never count the newbie's out. And right now we really need some humor. Or the Right wing will win. They want us to do something stupid. They don't want us to sing etc. They want us to push others around. So hey if the newbie attracted attention. Groovy. I remember M&I barely. Been just over a decade since I last lived in Wisconsin. Sure did miss it. Right now.. Illinois seems to be a better spot to go.

[Bozita]

38. You learn quickly, so you ain't a GOPer.

Welcome to DU, Snoutport.

You're doing just fine here.

[Snoutport]

101. thank you for the welcome!

and thanks for the compliment too :0)

[Critters2]

25. Here's a link showing that the bank closed early:

http://www.dane101.com/current/2011/03/10/firefighters_target_mi_bank_for_executive_support_of_walker

on edit, quoting:
Update 3 p.m.: A call to M&I's Capitol Square branch confirms the bank is closed for the rest of the day.
When the firefighters arrived at the Capitol this morning they started the chant "MOVE YOUR MONEY!" Firefighters Local 311 President Joe Conway told the audience they should move their money out of M&I Bank. The bank was one of the leading contributors to the Walker campaign due to contributions by current and former executives and board members. Detailed contributions are available via the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign. In a statement to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel last month the bank said "Individual employees may choose, at their own discretion and based on their political beliefs, to make contributions to political campaigns."

[eowyn_of_rohan]

42. We were up there this afternoon - cops were outside guarding M&I garage area

and they weren't Madison police. There were about 5 or 6, and all had camouflage pants, army green shirts that I believe said "Police" on the front, and were kind of creepy looking.

[Snoutport]

46. scary

[sarcasmo]

31. That is how you do it, close accounts and withdraw you're cash.

[Snoutport]

37. i've been wanting to switch to a local savings and loan

[defendandprotect]

107. We've been doing business now with a local credit union -- it's been good!!

[madrchsod]

32. that`s how you make the movement work...

don`t get mad-get even

[tavalon]

36. That's a good idea

A general strike is an even better idea. The two together make a wonderful combination.

[Zorra]

41. This is how to do it. We can do this on a national scale and stop republican

supporting corporations from taking over our government and take our country back through general strikes and focused boycotts.

Wisconsin Democrats have done brought me back to the party. After Dems extended the Bu*h tax breaks for the wealthy I was finished with Senate Democrats (particularly Reid) and Obama as well. Wisconsin Dems made me remember why I had been a proud yellowdog Democrat all my life. At this point, I still have no faith in Reid,the rest of the corporatist Senators, and Obama.

If they want my support they need to start acting like my new heroes, the Democratic State Senators of Wisconsin.

[Snoutport]

44. which banks have supported the right?

but which banks are bad banks?

[Zorra]

61. Well, I just discovered that this info is a lot more difficult to find now

that BuyBlue.org is no longer operational and since the SCOTUS decided that corporations could make anonymous donations. But it is not just the banks that need to be boycotted, it is all corporations that support anti-democratic politicians like Walker.

Walmart is an easy place to start if you are new to boycotting right wing businesses.

[MasonJar]

43. That is the key. I wish we could get a giant boycott of all Koch products going.

[boppers]

50. See post #49

:)

[TomClash]

45. By tomorrow Wall Street will replace the chump change with petty cash

Recall is the best solution. Until they steal the elections. Then all bets are off.

[brewens]

47. We can stick it to Squat Walker this way and they can't really hit us back.

How many businesses or corporations that support Democrats could Republicans boycott and take down? Not anywhere as many as we can hit of theirs.

[Snoutport]

83. LOcal Credit Unions

The whole Democratic population should switch over to locally owned credit unions

[brewens]

92. Credit union member since about 1978. Some at least used to

have some membership restrictions. I have used other banks at times but only when it was to my advantage for business.

[deacon]

51. Don't quit - take them on from all angles.! n/t

[Beartracks]

52. In a world where we've made money = free speech...

... this is just voting with one's pocketbook. How odd that conservatives would poo poo it. :nopity:

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[theophilus]

53. They're on to something. Now if the Boomers would unite and use this sort

of tactic on....just about anything....we would see some change. Seventy-nine million could scare just about any corporation.

[Generic Other]

55. I agree we need to start targeting our enemies in just this way

Class war now!

[tsuki]

54. Vote with your money. nt

[tsuki]

56. I see the dime-a-dancers are swarming JSOnline. Hmmm, hmmm,

pizza tomorrow.

[mwrguy]

57. Mixed thoughts on this

This would probably be a good tactic to keep banks from supporting candidates that the union opposes, but at the time of the donations the unions supported Walker. If you wield punitive power like that you have to let prospective targets know what decisions will arouse your ire ahead of time to be an effective deterrent, and in this case they are punishing someone for endorsing their own candidate.

[Buenaventura]

58. Excellent! k&r n/t

[Buenaventura]

60. Another link (to the Wisconsin State Journal article)

http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/article_a2066e24-4b83-11e0-ad9e-001cc4c002e0.html

M&I Bank cites safety concerns, but I suspect the real reason is that they can't cover the withdrawals. They'll probably have to ask Snott Walker for a bailout.

[PatrynXX]

62. just don't read the comments on that page

Bunch of trolls there. And don't know much about whats going on...

[Jester Messiah]

64. Good. Let the punishment commence.

Make them regret the day they ever heard of that piss-ant Walker.

[Honeycombe8]

65. Sounds like a good plan to me. nt

[Honeycombe8]

66. Any groups or businesses from outside MI that supported him? nt

[Snoutport]

109. There is a list of his biggest donors on DU somewhere

anyone still have that link?

[JanDutchy]

67. A Song to support: "War on the Workers"

But First this one :

The Internationale

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zk69e1Vcmvg

Europe is watching you and will support via ILO!



In order to support you mentally,I found this song, by Anne Feeney

She made it for the Union Song Contest - great initiative - where you can find more. I put the link here.

"War on the Workers"

http://members.unionsongcontest.org/entries#47275

Submitted by: Anne Feeney

She stated: "
This song sums up, for me, the experience of working people ever since PATCO. It *is* a war on workers, unions, health and safety standards, the environment, public education, social security - the legacy our parents and grandparents gave to us through their sacrifices. It's time we started calling the shots again!"

[Monk06]

68. The Achilles heal of these right wing pricks is that they failed to notice that the people they are

are attacking are their customers. Credit Unions should
get behind the workers and leave the banksters sucking
eggs.

[earcandle]

70. Union Sunrise

Union Sunrise

[indimuse]

71. KNR! n/t

[Enthusiast]

73. I hope the citizens of Wisconsin

follow suit.

[lonestarnot]

76. Dirty fuckers right there. I hope every dime comes out!

[Snoutport]

110. me too!

[swilton]

78. That's what democracy looks like

[AnneD]

80. It's time to start playing hard ball.

They want a plutocracy.....let's hit them where it hurts.

I think a general strike of several days is in order. And while there is a strike and protestes around the capitol-how about circulating some recall petitions...this is what Democracy looks like.

[Maineman]

81. good idea, but...

Choose your targets wisely. Will there be collateral damage? Will you turn the public against you? Be careful. Think it through. Recalls would seem to be the best actual solution. Don't mess those up by turning the public against you. Good luck!!

[tpsbmam]

82. Absolutely friggin brilliant! THIS is how to run a revolution. Huge K&R! nt

[Left_Is_Right]

86. walkers final solution

I think these tell the story...




Lefty,

[raouldukelives]

88. K&R

[CLANG]

90. Run on the Bank!

:rofl:

[Snoutport]

104. anyone know if wells fargo is good, bad or evil?

[perdita9]

91. Money: It's the only thing Republicans understand

They'll cooperate with you if you threaten their wallet.

Kudos to the WI firefighters!

[Liberalynn]

93. I know they won't do this because they have a conscience

but I wish they could wage a strike across the entire state. I'd like to see all these asshats who don't want to pay for the services provided, be really forced to live without them, and then see if they are willing to keep talking so big about how over paid the people who provide them are!

[Zambero]

94. A good start! Any counterparts in MI, FL, OH, PA, IN ???

If banks in those states are also on board with this destructive right wing wave, it'd be a good time to take them down a few notches as well. Thank you to Wisconsin citizens for demonstrating how to deal with these "people" (aka corporations).

[Uncle Joe]

95. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, Snoutport.

[colorado_ufo]

96. Hit 'em the only place where it hurts -

in their wallets!

[AKDavy]

97. $$$$$$$ = Power

Stop spending money.
Watch their financial empires crumble.

[Snoutport]

108. CNN just announced Walmart is downsizing... boycott might be working!

[47of74]

98. If I was a customer of M&I Bank today I would be a former customer

I would be pulling my money out of that bank as soon as possible and getting accounts set up with a local bank or credit union post haste.

[Snoutport]

112. Hopefully there are a lot of people in WI who think like you nt

[Overseas]

103. So glad to hear it! //nt

[defendandprotect]

106. This is the way -- organize -- can't get anywhere without it !!

[democracy1st]

111. Kick