The president of a nationwide teachers union demanded that financial services giant Wells Fargo cut all ties with the National Rifle Association and firearm manufacturers or lose her organization as a client, the Washington Times reported.
American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten said Saturday that Wells Fargo can either have American teachers in their mortgage market or offer loans and other services to the NRA.
"They can't do both," Weingarten said, according to the Washington Times.
Wells Fargo CEO Tim Sloan floated a meeting with Weingarten to discuss her concerns, saying "when dealing with the safety of our families [and] children... there are no easy or satisfying solutions."
Sloan added that he believes the public does not want banks dictating what products American can or cannot purchase.
"What we can pledge is that Wells Fargo will be a thoughtful participant in the dialogue," he said, adding that the San Francisco-based banking institution will always take "all points of view" seriously.
Weingarten later offered Sloan an ultimatum, saying in part that "if Tim [Sloan] doesn't ditch his guns business, we'll ditch Wells Fargo."
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9 comments:
See what you can accomplish if you just stand up for yourself???? And especially if you involve money or the loss of money to a company????
But no, you clowns just rather bitch and complain and do nothing about it... You all are good little slaves...
2 corrupt enterprises collude to destroy organization dedicated to natural rights
Wells Fargo should let the AFT go - the NRA is far more powerful and influential, and the AFT has a very over inflated sense of self - time for a reality check
And if Wells Fargo pisses on the NRA, they will lose a whole lot more customers than a teachers union, lol! Wells Fargo has already lost enough customers by violating their trust. I don't see them being around much longer, anyway.
Here we go again, teachers' unions speaking for all teachers, whether they want to be spoken for or not.
isn't that called discrimination?
What if a group told them not to do business with the NAACP? Would that be OK?
The ditch has already taking place. Ditching the liberal union that is.
Yeah, that will definitely stop bullying and mental health problems in schools, something that discipline, faith, healthy activities for all and educators who stand up against union tyranny can't do because they just don't exist.
Hilarious.
Wells Fargo is a part of the Federal Reserve Bank.
It is the enemy.
Really really really funny.
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