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Jan 17, 2008 11:30 AM
Hundreds of protesters, including UFT President Randi Weingarten, gathered outside the New York Stock Exchange on Dec. 10 to demand a swift and decisive response by government and big business to the growing subprime loan crisis sweeping the nation. Rev. Jesse Jackson, who heads the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, organized the rally. He chose the Wall Street area because, while firms there were expected to pay out nearly $40 billion in bonuses to executives and financiers during the holiday season, more than 2.5 million families are expected to lose their homes to forclosure.
Weingarten addresses the group.
Jackson greets the UFT president.
