Detroit Demonstration at Bank of America in Defense of the Home of Lorene Parker; Solidarity With UE Chicago Workers

Pan-African News Wire editor, Abayomi Azikiwe, with Sandra Hines of the Moratorium Now Coalition to Stop Foreclosures and Evictions, outside Bank of America on July 22, 2008 in downtown Detroit. (Photo: Alan Pollock).
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For Immediate Release

Media Advisory

Event: Demonstrate to Demand Justice for Lorene Parker
Picket Outside Bank of America, December 10, Noon
Location: Guardian Bldg., Congress at Griswold, Downtown
Sponsor: Moratorium Now! Coalition to Stop Foreclosures &
Evictions
Contact: Phone--313.671.3715
E-mail: [email protected]
URL: http://www.moratorium-mi.org

Demand Justice For Lorene Parker--Stop Bank of America's Foreclosure of Her Home--and Show Solidarity With UE Union Workers Occupying Chicago Factory, Wednesday, December 10,
Noon

Lorene Parker of Detroit fell behind on her mortgage with Bank of America when she had large medical bills stemming from undergoing a heart and liver double transplant. She tried to contact Bank of America over a period of months to request relief on her mortgage because of her medical hardship. The bank's response? It is moving ahead with foreclosure proceedings and has scheduled a sheriff's sale of Ms. Parker's home on December 11.

We demand that the illegal Sheriff's Sale be stopped and that Bank of America immediately negotiate a loan modification with Lorene Parker.

Also, UE union workers at the Republic Doors and Windows factory in Chicago have been occupying the plant since Dec. 5. Management suddenly announced the factory would close without giving the workers the 60 day notice required under the WARN Act. It said workers would not get the severance pay and vacation pay they are owed because Bank of America backed out of its loan with the company.

We in Detroit celebrate that Bank of America has agreed to pay the Chicago UE workers and stop union busting!

To speak with a Moratorium Now! Coalition member please contact the numbers listed above.

Abayomi Azikiwe, Media Liason
Moratorium Now! Coalition to Stop Foreclosures and Evictions