In a financialized economy, workers are a cost to be minimized to maximize Wall Street profits, rather than partners in value creation. At TOWS we are working hard to make sure workers have a say in decisions that affect them. Click here to learn more → takeonwallst.com
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Trump wanted to privatize the post office & installed Louis DeJoy to do just that. Tell the board to stop DeJoy and run the post office like the treasured public institution it always has been! To help us fight Dejoy, click the link ➡bit.ly/3ZVEVJy
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The history taught in our classrooms often leaves out some of the most important events. Check out isoureconomyfair.org to learn about the history that isn't taught in schools.
We’ll close out Women's History Month with this fact. When women retire, the wealth gap becomes painfully clear: fewer women participate in the stock market than men, and women more often fall behind in 401k contributions. Click the link ➡ isoureconomyfair.org to learn more.
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Hear from , Associate Professor at , on why it’s time to reform the US financial regulatory system and cure the disease that has plagued the American economy for decades.
Watch & Learn More Here:
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Wall Street actors are not just banks: Wall Street actors include asset managers, hedge funds, and private equity firms. Knowing who makes decisions on Wall Street is important if we want to fix corporate governance.
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In March, we are highlighting the history of women in our financial system and what women still battle today. To learn the history that isn't taught in a classroom, check out isoureconomyfair.org
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The postal service is one of the country’s most treasured public institutions. USPS provides good union jobs and has a long history of being a vital road towards the middle-class for Black Americans nationwide.
To learn more click the link below
bit.ly/3Rmr102
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The financial system we want to build supports white, Black and Brown working families. The system we currently have supports big banks, not working people. Learn more @ takeonwallst.com about how you can help build a financial system that works for you.
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The far right is ginning up fear about Woke Banks.
But as someone who banks exclusively with Woke Banks, I have to tell you: They are really the best.
For example...
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In response to our pressure, USPS recently committed to purchasing 75% electric vehicles for their new delivery fleet with a commitment to acquire 100% starting in 2026.
Join us to #SaveThePostOffice and push for 100% *union made* EVs! For more info➡️bit.ly/TakeOnWallStre
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The systemic gaps in resources, opportunities, and wages have generated an extraordinary transfer of wealth from women to the big Wall Street banks. Click the link ➡ isoureconomyfair.org to learn about women and our financial system.
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If our economy is fair, then why does your debt burden depend on your gender? To learn more, tap here ➡ isoureconomyfair.org
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👀 With headlines like: "The USPS Made More Money Than Amazon. Stamp Prices Are Going Up Anyway"
it's a great time to sign this petition to tell Sen Peters to fight for a board who will reign in DeJoy & stop price hikes! ➡️bit.ly/peters-petition
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For today's Women’s History Month highlight, did you know that in the lead-up to the 2008 financial crisis, Black women were 256% more likely than white men to receive subprime loans? Learn more at isoureconomyfair.org
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EV charging at post offices is *just one* idea for revenue generation that & presented in 2021.
The People's Postal Agenda focuses on innovations to ensure can continue to serve the public for generations to come! bit.ly/ppa-2022
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With its vast infrastructure, could play a major role in driving the transition to a clean renewable energy economy. Bonus for #DeJoy: EV charging would also help increase Postal Service revenue by offering market rate EV charging stations to the public! #ElectrifyUSPS
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Recently the publicly committed to building out a convenient, reliable, and user-friendly national network of 500,000 EV chargers by 2030. A portion of these should be at the more than 30,000 branches across the country! bit.ly/3IPea3K
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March is Women's History Month, so what better way to start than by discussing "pinklining”? “Pinklining” is a practice used by the financial industry to sell women, and especially Black and Brown women, predatory lending products. Learn more here: isoureconomyfair.org
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ICYMI , Advocacy & Legislative Director , and describe how postal banking could decrease the unbanked population & narrow the racial wealth gap at a 2/8 House Financial Services Committee hearing!
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News: An Iowa state house subcommittee advances legislation to:
- roll back child labor protections, allowing 14-15 year-olds to work in meatpacking plants
- allow children to work more hours during the school year
- shield companies from liability if kids are injured on the job twitter.com/jacobbogage/st…
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AFR's Elyse Hicks hammers #WallStreet lobby for tired, discredited lines about capping credit card fees
plan would save consumers $9 billion
#DefendCFPB and h/t
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If you missed today's postal board meeting, you can listen to the recording here later today: about.usps.com/who/leadership
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Mr. Bachman, a retired postal worker in NYC said: the mail service was established as a public good ... it's enshrined in the Constitution ... I ask that the board commit to running the postal service as a public service & replace [DeJoy] with someone who is also so committed.
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Ms. Lewis from Ann Arbor, MI said: "our postal system is a national treasure. It was created to be a service to the public--and not as a profit making entity. We depend on this service for our letters, packages, voting, and many of us, for receiving medicine."
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Jamie Partridge with says: letter carriers are already working into the night to deliver the mail, DeJoy's new sorting and delivery center plan will only exacerbate difficulties for postal workers
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Next in New York City: "The PMG told the world right now to get to the break-even we may need to get 50,000 people out of "
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Our own Annie Norman: "We want a public postal service committed to expansion, not cuts, and a postal service that expands with the times."
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Next worker asking about new plans for distribution, shorter hours. "I implore you to consider all aspects of this plan before rolling it out."
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The Board of Governors meeting now, and workers from Oshkosh are asking questions about why is not using union workers for the postal fleet. [cont'd]
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If you missed it, watch here 👇🏽👇🏻👇🏿
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Public Money for the Public Good twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1
📣HAPPENING NOW📣
Join and for an event on what the Biden Administration can do to ensure public dollars support good jobs instead of enriching Wall Street.
Watch Live:
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Today join & for an event on what the Biden Administration can do to ensure public dollars support good jobs instead of enriching Wall Street.
📣 12 pm -1 pm EDT 📣
Register today:
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Today's #WordOfTheDay is Financialization.
Financialization describes how Wall Street has gained increasing power over our economy, hurting working families, white, black and brown, while enriching the few at the top.
Watch to learn more:
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Congress passed 3 stimulus bills totaling over $1.6 trillion in public investment. How do we make sure that money is not drained off by Wall Street?
Register to hear and others speak on the importance of the next 2 years for our economy.
bit.ly/PublicMoneyfor
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#DidYouKnow “Stock buybacks” are when companies buy back their own stock from shareholders which raises the price of remaining shares & makes executives richer?
We need to invest in workers & families and stop the greed of the ultra-rich.
takeonwallst.com/stock-buybacks/
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Join and for an event on what the Biden Administration can do to ensure public dollars support good jobs instead of enriching Wall Street.
Register today: bit.ly/PublicMoneyfor
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It’s not right that you pay higher taxes than a multi-millionaire.
Fight with us to make the ultra-rich pay their fair share toward critical investments in our future.
It's time to take action, #TaxtheWealthy and reform the income tax system now!
takeonwallst.com/taxes/
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#WordOfTheDay from Take on Wall Street is Stock Buybacks.
Stock buybacks are when a company buys back its own shares, increasing the demand and the price. It used to be illegal, find out why it's not.
Watch to learn more:
youtube.com/watch?v=qvTQ4b
Within a year of the Civil War's end, Pres. Andrew Johnson revoked the 40 acres of land promised to the formerly enslaved, seizing what land had been distributed & returning it to former Confederates.
Visit "Is Our Economy Fair" to learn more.
isoureconomyfair.org
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