The ( Wis) firefighters just withdrew all their money from M&I bank in protest.

[dixiegrrrrl]

Tweet from #wiunion

also, Amy Goodman has excellent recap/video of past few days in Wis. and sneaky Repub. bill passing.

http://www.democracynow.org/2011/3/10/outrage_in_wisconsin_thousands_flood_capitol

edited to add:
here is link to Wis. tourism bureau, post.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x604806

and here is link to boycott of Walker's contributors:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x604845

See? We CAN show our support, no matter where we live!!!

[myrna minx]

1. Excellent. K&R n/t

[LiberalEsto]

2. Awesome!

[xchrom]

3. excellent. nt

[Sanity Claws]

4. What is M&I Bank?

I'm in NY and not familiar with it.

[CountAllVotes]

7. more on the M&I Bank here:

About Marshall & Ilsley
Marshall & Ilsley, a diversified financial services company based in Wisconsin, provides comprehensive financial products and services and unparalleled customer service to personal, business, corporate and institutional customers nationwide.

http://www.micorp.com/mibank/centers.cfm?ObjectID=09A9D496-7222-4ED5-A745220FE86B5064

:dem: :kick:

[mockmonkey]

9. M & I Bank

It's a Bank that is mentioned on Face book as part of a boycott of business' that supported Walker.

http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/article_5bab503a-4aab-11e0-ae93-001cc4c03286.html

[dixiegrrrrl]

15. That is good info, monkey, thanks!

[1776Forever]

14. See my reply from the AP in #12 n/t

[mod mom]

5. what's the M & I bank & how is related to the GOP?

[1776Forever]

6. Found this on M&I Bank from Dec. 2010 - Seems they were to be sold to Canadian Bank....

Sale expected to boost troubled institution, but Milwaukee could lose jobs
By Paul Gores of the Journal Sentinel
Dec. 17, 2010

http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/112058794.html

After two years in the red and facing a still-bumpy road back to profitability, Marshall & Ilsley Corp. said Friday it would be acquired by the Canadian parent company of Harris Bank, a move that should invigorate the wounded M&I franchise but will cost Milwaukee a corporate headquarters.

M&I, which is the largest bank based in Wisconsin, agreed to be acquired by Toronto-based BMO Financial Group - known in Canada as the Bank of Montreal - in an all-stock deal valued by the companies at $4.1 billion.

(more at link)

[dixiegrrrrl]

16. Sounds like firemen made smart move to remove money, then.

Not only for political reasons but for $$$$ reasons.

[City Lights]

10. I found this:

Anti-Walker protestors target M&I Bank
Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal
Date: Wednesday, February 23, 2011, 12:32pm CST

* M&I Bank cuts 143 jobs; 20 here
* M&I Bank lays off 20 in Twin Cities
* Outlook: Banking and Finance - Jeanne Crain, M&I Bank
* M&I narrows loss
* Industry Outlook 2011: Work ahead, but recovery, too

About 12 sign-carrying protesters chanted and passed out literature outside of Marshall & Ilsley Corp.’s headquarters in Milwaukee, calling attention to M&I executives’ contributions to Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and state Senate Republicans.

M&I has about 30 locations in Minnesota, most in the Twin Cities area.

Good Jobs and Livable Neighborhoods Coalition of Milwaukee — which includes religious, environmental, social and organized labor groups — wanted to call attention to executives with the state’s largest bank backing Walker and Republicans, said spokesman Dave Somerscales.

Walker and Republicans want to reduce state employee union bargaining power, even as M&I has not repaid its federal Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) debt, Somerscales said.

“Banks get a bailout/We get a sellout,” the picketers chanted outside M&I headquarters Tuesday.

more... http://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/news/2011/02/23/anti-walker-protestors-target-mi-bank.html

[1776Forever]

12. Here's more from AP: Web sites urge boycott of Wis. gov's contributors

Web sites urge boycott of Wis. gov's contributors
Associated Press
10:55 a.m. CST, March 9, 2011

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chibrknews-web-sites-urge-boycott-of-wis-govs-contributors-20110309,0,1716658.story

Opponents of Scott Walker's budget balancing bill are urging consumers to boycott companies whose executives or political action committees made big contributions to the Republican governor's campaign.

A Facebook page and at least one Web site target companies, including Johnsonville Sausage, the Wisconsin Realtors Association, Northwestern Mutual Insurance Co. and M&I Bank.

Northwestern Mutual spokeswoman Jean Towell tells the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that the company's political action committees contributed to the campaigns of both Republicans and Democrats.

M&I Bank says individual employees made contributions to Scott Walker and Tom Barrett, not the bank or the Marshall & Ilsley Corporation.

[Wisconsin_2_Nation]

8. I love this

We should all pull our money from the asshole bankers that have scammed the country, but where to put it? JP Morgan and Gold MAnsachs have probably run all the good guys out of business.

[City Lights]

11. We fired Chase and moved everything to a credit union. nt

[mod mom]

13. Already did. I pulled all our account from Chase to a strong local bank

and couldn't be happier. HuffPo ran a campaign where you could check on the strength on local banks.

[dixiegrrrrl]

17. Credit unions and good local community banks.

go to bankrate.com to check out safety of your local banks.

[walldude]

20. Thanks.. good linky! n/t

[bindelh]

21. Put your money in a Credit Union or

small Hometown bank.

Stop supplementing their lavish lifestyle.

[DearAbby]

23. LOCAL CREDIT UNIONS

[1776Forever]

18. Twitter - UFCW just withdrew $192K from M&I Bank:

What conscientious banking looks like @UFCW: workers just marched and withdrew $192K from M&I bank

[dixiegrrrrl]

19. THIS is what Democracy looks like.

Remember the
"move your money" campaign recently?

We are NOT powerless, our money talks!

[Liberal_in_LA]

22. wow. This is getting serious