Bankers, you owe us!! - LCAP Action

[october_lost]

A little bit of exposure today to bring to light the fact that failing and subsidised banks are still paying out hefty bonuses at the expense of the public purse.

The Observer disclosed at the weekend that employees at four leading City firms shared a bonus pool estimated at £6.4bn last week, despite the drop in profits at Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch and Dresdner Kleinwort.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7795801.stm
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/dec/22/banks-government-investment-pay-policy
http://www.lcap.org.uk/

 

[october_lost]

 

[Blagsta]

Nice one

 

[Random]

good stuff

 

[likesfish]

can't figure this one out.
do well get bonus.
company get bailed out by goverment and drops in value obviously you failed to achieve anything worthwhile so no bonus.
we need to pay a bonus to keep good people
a) there going nowhere
b) companies in a mess how were they good
c) its not your fucking money

 

[Taxamo Welf]

Fucking hilarious that when we got on the trading floor someone still shouted back 'get a job' me.

Of all the times in living memory that city workers might have been slightly wary of joblessness! Still i spose it was a monday morning and i was shouting about how much you get on the dole now, they probably made a fair assumption

Absolutely great action in terms of what happened and even better in terms of delivery - exactly the media we wanted

 

[Paulie Tandoori]

good point, well made

 

[_pH_]

nice one tax

 

[october_lost]

More media!!

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=b3xEfNyCH9Q

teletext: http://www.teletext.co.uk/regionaln...d9424b1ce51/Protest+against+bank+bonuses.aspx

channel 4: http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/business_money/santas+protest+over+bankers+bonuses/2890902

MSN money: http://money.uk.msn.com/investing/news/article.aspx?cp-documentid=12143693

money: http://www.money.co.uk/article/1002363-rbs-hq-hosts-santas-protest.htm

 

[zygote]

Great stuff!

 

[Taxamo Welf]

holy shitake!

 

[Raw SslaC]

from youtube comment

"as a security guard (who was there), i probably shouldn't say this but .. POWER TO THE PEOPLE !!!! if u get any money from them , can we have some"

very good stuff.

 

[Taxamo Welf]

"as a security guard (who was there), i probably shouldn't say this but .. POWER TO THE PEOPLE !!!! if u get any money from them , can we have some"

very good stuff.

the guards were pretty unhappy at the time. Nobody hurt, but very physical.

edited to add: aha, its a comment on youtube. That vid could have been a bit longer tbh, and there was a good speech at the end by an LCAPer too i'd have stuck in. Maybe its a rough edit.

 

[love detective]

there was also a large picture (the one posted above) and caption/strapline on page 2 of the FT on the 23/12

 

[Taxamo Welf]

there was also a large picture (the one posted above) and caption/strapline on page 2 of the FT on the 23/12

woah.