Showdown in Chicago

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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. This day of protest was called by its organizers as "Showdown in Chicago: The American People vs. Wall Street Banks." 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."

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