Wisconsin Firefighters Withdraw Money from Bank that Funded Gov. Walker
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Fed up with Governor Scott Walker’s effort to take away the collective bargaining rights of public employees, firefighters in Wisconsin protested this week outside a Republican-friendly bank and withdrew so much money from accounts that bank officials had to close the branch early.
The bank, M&I Bank in Madison, is led by executives and board members who contributed heavily to Walker’s gubernatorial campaign.
Members of Firefighters Local 311 went after the bank following union President Joe Conway’s call to move their money out of M&I. One report said $192,000 was withdrawn, while another cited the figure $600,000.
Opponents of Walker have organized through Facebook (“Boycott Scott Walker Contributors”) and are targeting other businesses supporting the governor, including Northwestern Mutual Insurance, Johnsonville Sausage, the Wisconsin Realtors Association, the Wisconsin Automobile and Truck Dealers Association and Georgia-Pacific, which is owned by GOP heavyweight contributors David and Charles Koch.
-Noel Brinkerhoff
Awesome: Wisconsin Firefighters Shut Down Bank That Funded Walker (by Julianne Escobedo Shepherd, AlterNet)
We're Going to Destroy a Bank (Daily Kos)
Websites Back Boycotts of Walker Contributors (by Don Walker, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
WI Firefighters Spark "Move Your Money" Moment (by Mary Bottari, Center for Media and Democracy)
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