Demonstrators Call for End to "Corporate Welfare"

A collection of 18 different community organizations and labor unions organized as one collective group called "Stand Up! Chicago" to protest "corporate welfare" in a downtown rally on Tuesday. [Read Article...]

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Demonstrators Call for End to "Corporate Welfare"

Groups say corporate bailouts, tax cuts have robbed schools of public funding, hurt the creation of new jobs and diminished the hope of struggling homeowners.

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