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March 15, 2010
UPDATED RALLY SITE: Rally for Good Jobs, Thursday, March 18, 2010
On Thursday, March 18, 2010, union members and community allies will join together at Owen Grundy Park in Jersey City to demand good jobs now. America needs 11 million jobs and big Wall Street banks should pay to rebuild jobs and the economy they helped destroy.
REGISTER HERE and let us know you'll be there to fight for good jobs.
The rally will be held from 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm at Owen Grundy Park at Exchange Place in the heart of Jersey City's financial district, right across the Hudson River from Wall Street. (Corner of Montgomery Street and Hudson Street, right on the Hudson River)
Parking is limited in Jersey City. If you plan on attending, you may consider parking at the Liberty State Park, Park and Ride and taking the Hudson Bergen Line on the NJ Light Rail to the Exchange Place stop in Jersey City.
CLICK HERE for the Light Rail schedule.
This rally is only one of hundreds being held across the country from March 15 to 26 to hold Wall Street accountable in our fight for good jobs.
Big Wall Street banks helped cause the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. Millions of Americans have lost their jobs, homes and retirement savings. But in 2009, the biggest Wall Street banks gave their execs $145 billion in pay and bonuses.
The six largest Wall Street banks received $165 billion in taxpayer bailouts. After receiving a bailout with the people’s money, Wall Street Banks spent over $24 million on lobbying to kill financial reform.
We are calling on Wall Street to:
• Stop refusing to pay their fair share to restore jobs.
• Stop fighting financial reform.
• Start lending to our communities, small businesses and others starved for credit.
Join the New Jersey State AFL-CIO on Thursday, March 18th in the fight for good jobs. The time has come for Wall Street to pay for repairing the economy they helped destroy.