Labor Beat: Showdown in Chicago

October 27, 2009, on the third day of protest during the national meeting in Chicago of the American Bankers Association, some 4-5 thousand labor and community activist marched down Michigan Ave. and then to the Sheraton Hotel, where the ABA was meeting, and held a protest rally. Speakers include Dennis Gannon (President, Chicago Federation of Labor), Tom Balanoff (President, SEIU Illinois Council), Richard Trumka (President, AFL-CIO), Armando Robles (President, UE 1110, of the Republic Windows plant occupation), Denise Dixon (Executive Director, Action Now). Dixon noted,"every 13 seconds, another home goes into foreclosure in urban areas all over the country that are already beaten down...enough is enough!" Tom Balanoff asked the rally, "why are we here today? We're here to send a strong message to the bankers and the financiers, it's time that they be held accountable." Produced by Labor Beat. Labor Beat is a CAN TV Community Partner. Labor Beat is a non-profit 501(c)(3) member of IBEW 1220. Views are those of the producer Labor Beat. For info: mail@laborbeat.org, www.laborbeat.org. 312-226-3330. For other Labor Beat videos, visit Google Video, YouTube, or blip.tv and search "Labor Beat".

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[xadam2dudex]

the corporations exported American jobs not just to get cheap sweat shop labor for bigger profits but to kill off unionized labor which they hate..they turned a prosperous economy into a low wage no benefit service economy where the creation of debt became the biggest sector of the economy

[mztiger8]

whats really annoying is you never hear about this stuff in the regular news!! I have to come to YouTube to find this stuff!! thanks Labor Beat!

[Tulagirl]

Interesting to see the AFL-CIO leader Trumka march with Change To Win leaders Stern and Burger, then Trumka introduces the heroic Armando Robles from the independent union UE.

[BLUEANGEL7777777777]

Nice work!!!!