Boston Town Hall Focuses on Unfair Banking and Credit Card Practices

In a Boston town hall meeting co-sponsored by SEIU, U.S. Representative Barney Frank, Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley, and working families across the state discussed the devastating impact of harmful banking practices and rising credit card interest rates on working families and consumers. More.

Consumer Testimony Cancelled: Credit Card Industry, Lawmakers Plugging Their Ears to Families' Hardships

The nation’s biggest banks and credit card issuers refuse to recognize the real human impact of their harmful practices on consumers and working people around the country, and today’s cancellation of consumer testimony to a House subcommittee is yet another example of both this and the huge power imbalance between banks and ordinary Americans.

• Statement on cancellation
• Today’s consumer witnesses
• Testimony of Marvin Weatherspoon and other consumer witnesses
• Ad in today’s Politico, The Hill, and Roll Call

Community hearing to discuss impact of runaway debt, unscrupulous practices by credit card companies

U.S. Rep. Joe Baca to hear testimony from consumers, community leaders in first in series of town-hall style hearings planned nationwide

With a growing number of lawmakers and industry analysts warning runaway credit card debt could be the “next subprime crisis” with similar catastrophic effect on the nation’s economy, workers and community leaders throughout the Los Angeles area are hosting a community hearing to discuss the impact of credit debt and unfair banking and credit card practices on consumers and working families. Congressman Joe Baca (D-CA) is expected to join consumer advocacy organizations, faith, and labor leaders to call on elected representatives to ensure the nation’s biggest banks—including the largest bank, Bank of America—follow meaningful bank reforms. Read more »

Town Hall meeting to discuss impact of credit card debt on working families
6:30PM – 8:30PM Wednesday, February 20, 2008
West Covina Senior Center, 2501 East Cortez Street

STUDENT VIDEO CONTEST: "KEEP IT IN YOUR PANTS" PSA COMPETITION TARGETS CREDIT CARD "DEBT DISEASE"

Video Contest Sponsored by the Service Employees International Union and League of Young Voters Warns Against Danger of Growing Debt Among Young Americans, Offers $5,000 Prize to Best Student PSA Effort

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Your story could take you to Washington, D.C. to help make a change.

If you’re a Bank of America credit card holder or bank customer with a story about how high fees or credit card rates and fees are affecting you and your family, tell us about it. We are looking for consumers to add their voice to the debate in Washington, D.C. Call 1-800-577-7635