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After the Bailouts: Get Bank of America Back on Track!

Target: Walter Massey, Chairman, Bank of America
Sponsored by: SEIU

Shareholders ousted Ken Lewis as Chairman of Bank of America in an unprecedented vote. While this was a welcome change, there's much, much more to be done.

Ken Lewis is still CEO, and the new Chairman, Walter Massey, has a huge responsibility to get Bank of America back on track. Bank of America should:

1. Reject the failed banking policies of the past by firing CEO Ken Lewis
2. Commit to real financial reform
3. Stop consumer abuses and predatory lending practices that hurt communities
4. Provide bank workers access to affordable healthcare
5. Stop opposing pro-worker legislation like the Employee Free Choice Act to ensure bank workers have a voice on the job to protect consumers.

Sign the letter to Bank of America's new Chairman outlining what taxpayers expect next at Bank of America.

deadline: Ongoing...
goal: 8,000

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Dear Dr. Massey,

Tens of thousands of taxpayers, bank workers and community groups took action across the country to collect nearly 100,000 "Taxpayer Proxies" outlining the steps Bank of America needs to take to restore public trust in the bank and help turn our economy around. Taxpayers ask that Bank of America:

1. Reject the failed banking policies of the past by firing CEO Ken Lewis.
2. Commit to real financial reform.
3. Stop consumer abuses and predatory lending practices that hurt communities.
4. Provide bank workers access to affordable healthcare.
5. Stop opposing pro-worker legislation like the Employee Free Choice Act to ensure bank workers have a voice on the job to protect consumers.

Bank of America has already received $45 billion in TARP funds and taxpayers could be on the hook for more than $150 billion more in public assistance. No employer, especially one that receives this much taxpayer funding, should use these funds to deny employees their right to unite for a voice on the job.

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We took action on “After the Bailouts: Get Bank of America Back on Track!”

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12:44 pm PST, Nov 4, Christine Gillen, South Carolina

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6:00 am PST, Nov 4, David Wickre, Minnesota

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3:22 pm PST, Nov 2, Marissa Chiappetta, Florida

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3:03 am PDT, Oct 27, Ali Boraby, Ohio

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1:30 pm PDT, Oct 25, Marc Rubin, New Jersey

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3:25 pm PDT, Oct 21, Jay Dore', California

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6:09 pm PDT, Oct 20, B Lakic, Illinois

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9:31 am PDT, Oct 18, Andrew Starr, Illinois
We're closing our accounts with Bank of America. I hope others will do likewise as long as BOA endorses negative business practices. It's a shame that after receiving a taxpayer funded bailout during their time of need, that they could prove themselves so ungrateful and utterly evil in the aftermath. This is not a bank I want to do business with any longer. We should have let BOA fail; would serve them right.

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9:34 am PDT, Oct 17, Elaine Alfaro, California

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2:20 pm PDT, Oct 16, Jennifer Heneghan, Florida

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11:49 am PDT, Oct 16, Tony Helsel, Michigan

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11:01 am PDT, Oct 16, Angela Werneke, New Mexico

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10:05 am PDT, Oct 15, Mark Giordani, California

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2:50 pm PDT, Oct 14, Kyle S, New Jersey

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8:05 pm PDT, Oct 12, Deborah Fexis, New Hampshire

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8:22 pm PDT, Oct 11, Alberta Householder, Florida

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10:41 am PDT, Oct 11, Teri Peters-Sheldon, New Hampshire
Last year, Bank of America was the recipient of a taxpayer-funded, multi-billion-dollar bailout. *This* year, I pulled my personal banking out of Bank of America - where I had been a loyal customer for 10 years - and moved to a credit union. Furthermore, I am in the process of getting my (2) Bank of America credit cards transferred to new accounts. If BOA continues to refuse to take care of its customers and its employees, more loyal customers will "bail out" as well. A slow, continuous, *inevitable* downward spiral is in the offing for BOA. Please know that I was a very satisfied Bank of America customer for many years, and have never had any reason to alter my banking habits. But BOA's practises which hurt their own employees, customers, and communities are too disturbing for me to ignore. Thank you for your attention, and I look forward to the day when I might return to Bank of America as a loyal, satisfied, and happy customer.

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6:07 pm PDT, Oct 10, Beverly Sower, Pennsylvania

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2:52 pm PDT, Oct 10, Chuck Dowe, Massachusetts

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