BOSTON/Financial District - The Campaign for a Debt-Free Future hit out at the growing levels of student debt in a rally outside the US Department of Education (DOE) in Boston on Friday.
BOSTON/Financial District - J.P. Morgan Chase in Boston was picketed Wednesday to call on the company’s Chairperson, Jamie Dimon, to pledge not to sell its share of the Tribune newspaper company to the Koch brothers. The iconic building at one international place saw about 40 protesters picket outside the entrance to the building as part of a coordinated effort in cities across the US.
BOSTON/Financial District - Over 500 union members and community allies held a protest on the Rose Kennedy Greenway adjacent to the 1 International Place complex on Thursday April 14th to protest corporate tax breaks and demand a progressive tax system and job creation programs in Massachusetts. Organizers said they held the event near International Place because it houses or is near the Boston headquarters of State Street Bank, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank and Barclays.
BOSTON/Financial District - Over 150 janitors, security guards, and staff from Service Employees International Union Local 615 - and supporters - marched from the State House to the Financial District in often-driving rain on Tuesday to call on the real estate industry to preserve full-time jobs and not "worsen the recession."
