1:40 PM Eastern - Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Cleaning Up the Bankers' Messes

If the big bank CEOs want to see the damage they've done to our economy, they don't even need to leave their offices. They just need to wait until 6:00pm.

That's when the janitors come in to empty the trash, mop the floors, and scrub the bathrooms. But, unlike the bankers whose buildings they keep running, the janitors didn't see any bonuses this year. In fact, at banks like Wells Fargo and US Bank in the Twin Cities, the janitors are struggling just to get by.

Right now, executives from Wells Fargo and US Bank are at a bankers meeting in St. Paul. Send a message to their Blackberries that it's time to fix the economy they broke - and they can start with the janitors in their own buildings: http://action.seiu.org/mnjanitors

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For Wells Fargo and US Bank alone, the combined bonus and compensation pool for 2009 was more than $30 billion. But, these same banks refuse to help the workers in their own buildings that are struggling to support their families. Instead of putting money back into their communities, the bankers are putting it into their own pockets.

It's time we remind the banks who bailed them out when they crashed the economy - and of the promise they made to use our money to help get Main Street back on its feet: http://action.seiu.org/mnjanitors

Right now, executives from Wells Fargo and US Bancorp are at the Minnesota Bankers Association convention in St. Paul. While they're all in the room together, we're going to deliver your messages right to their Blackberries. We need to let them know the entire country is holding them accountable for what they do with our money.

Send your message to the bankers right now: http://action.seiu.org/mnjanitors

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