On Friday, May 18, community organization OurDC went to energy company Pepco’s annual shareholder meeting.
OurDC called on Pepco to pay its fair share in taxes, create—and stop killing– good jobs in our communities, end the shameful income gap between CEO Rigby, and everyone else, and to get corporate money out of our democracy.
Watch a video about the day here:
You can also take a look at a few pictures:
Tax Day protesters, calling for the 1% to pay their fair share, continue to make their voices heard across the country.
In DC, groups like MoveOn.org, Occupy D.C., and Campaign for America’s Future, as well as religious organizations, labor, and DC civic organizations joined together and rallied for tax fairness at the IRS.
In Seattle, protesters marched to “foreclose” on Wells Fargo for unpaid taxes.
And in Miami, they set up a red carpet and created a “Walk of Shame”, a who’s who of the city’s and country’s biggest tax dodgers. The display showed staggering statistics regarding tax rates, executive compensation and money spent lobbying by corporations like Wells Fargo, Nextra Energy, Carnival Cruise Lines, Royal Caribbean, Exxon, GE and Fed Ex.
Pictures and video after the jump.
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