"ING customers mobilised on Twitter and other social networks to protest at bonuses paid to bosses at the bank, one of the biggest in the country. The threat of direct action raised the spectre of a partial run on ING, terrifying the Dutch establishment. Fred Polhout, union organiser at the bank, says: "People were outraged. We heard about the bloated sums being paid again in the City and in New York; but suddenly the issue exploded on our own front door.""
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/mar/27/dutch-bankers-bonuses-axed-by-people-power UK bank bonuses: HSBC: http://www.businessinsider.com/89-hsbc-bankers-got-a-16-million-bonus-2011-3 RBS: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12407565 NORTHERN ROCK: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1364460/Northern-Rock-announce-13m-staff-bonuses-posting-233m-loss.html LLOYDS: http://leosigh.com/?p=2551 BARCLAYS: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1363790/Barclays-bosses-47m-head-pay-bonuses-Bob-Diamond-says-greed-good.html _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
