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| 2010-08-12 |
Rhode Islanders Sold Out after JP Morgan Bailed Out
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| Providence, Rhode Island,
JP Morgan Chase Got Bailed Out - Rhode Islanders Are Getting Sold Out
JOIN US - Wednesday, August 18
4:30 p.m. at the Renaissance Hotel
5 Avenue of the Arts, Providence
We all know that JP MORGAN CHASE was bailed out they accepted $25 billion in bailout funds. JP Morgan Chase resisted a call to offer loan modifications until just recently - even after paying back the entire loan amount. They are a major culprits of the financial meltdown in 2008 and the worst of the subprime mortgage lenders. To this day Morgan/Chase continues to ... |
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2010-07-28
"Steve Kass: A Real Life Example of Wasteful State Spending" by George Nee
I was greatly dismayed by comments made by Steve Kass, former talk-radio host and current high profile example of unnecessary and wasteful state spending, in a recent Providence Journal article on his ...
2010-06-03
The Wage Penalty for State and Local Government Employees
Check out a report by John Schmitt at the Center for Economic and Policy Research called "The Wage Penalty for State and Local Government Employees."
Executive Summary
As recent reports in the ...
2010-06-03
Support The East Greenwich Custodians
The East Greenwich School Committee is trying to save less than 1% of the school budget by firing 19 custodians who have faithfully served this community, some for decades. They want to hire an out-of ...
2010-05-10
Richard Trumka/George Nee: Make Wall Street pay for the jobs it destroyed
It has been more than 18 months since the financial sector collapsed, exposing rampant Wall Street abuses, sending jobs into freefall and forcing a massive and unpopular taxpayer bailout.
All told, ...
2010-03-31
Working Rhode Island To Hold Health Fair To Help Thousands Of Uninsured And Underinsured Rhode Islanders
On Saturday, April 17, 2010 from 10am to 4pm, Working RI will hold a free Health Fair at the Providence Career & Technical Academy at 91 Fricker Street in Providence (off of Broad St.)
Working Rhod ...
2010-03-10
Diane Ravitch, Wall Street Journal: Why I Changed My Mind About School Reform
I have been a historian of American education since 1975, when I received my doctorate from Columbia. I have written histories, and I've also written extensively about the need to improve students' kn ...
2010-03-01
What YOU can do to help Central Falls High School Teachers
TODAY, please call and/or email the members of our congressional delegation, particularly Senator Jack Reed, and ask them to publicly call for mediation between the Central Falls Teachers Union and th ...
2010-02-22
Annie Winfield, Bruce Marlowe and Alan Canestrari: Pink slips at Central Falls part of disturbing trend
As Central Falls goes . . . so too do the hopes of our state’s students and teachers.
What is happening in Central Falls is symbolic of the harm we are perpetuating on students all over ...
2010-02-18
This Week On LaborVision
Scott Molloy, a professor of labor history at URI, lectures on Rhode Island Labor History (Part I)
The Wonder of the World: Brown & Sharpe. This fim documents the bitter strike between labor and ...
2010-02-16
Join Us For Health Care Rally Wednesday, February 17th, 4pm at Kennedy Plaza
This Wednesday, Ocean State Action and our allies will hold a Jobs Now! Health Care Now! rally in downtown Providence. Join us Wednesday at 4pm at Kennedy Plaza (at the monument across the street fr ...
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