CWAers, Minnesota Activists Target Corporate Greed

About 30 CWA activists joined 350 community allies for a series of actions at U.S. Bank and the Minneapolis City Hall last week.

With a drumline, the activists targeted U.S. Bank because it has stepped up its resistance to worker demands for fairer pay and more reasonable sales goals. U.S. Bank recently fired Israel Arnada, one of the workers organizing the campaign for fairness. The coalition, Minneapolis Works Campaign, includes CWA, Neighborhoods Organizing for Change; TakeAction Minnesota; SEIU; Centro De Trabajadores Unidos En Lucha; ISAIAH; Minnesotans for a Fair Economy; and many others.

The activists walked into the U.S. Bank headquarters building with drums beating, chanting to U.S. Bank CEO, "Hey, Ray Lewis, this ain't over, reinstate the whistleblower," meaning Arnada. They left a petition with 3,000 signatures demanding that Arnada be restored to his job that the bank meet other community demands, including fairer compensation.

Planning is underway for more actions against U.S. Bank and other corporate targets such as Payday/Pawn America, McDonalds and Target.

Israel Arnada, (seen with the megaphone on the left), was joined by hundreds of activists, including CWAers, demanding that U.S. Bank give Arnada his job back and agree to fairer pay and reasonable sales goals.