Fifteen members of the roughly 70,000-member, $1.6 billion Technology Credit Union rallied for two hours Wednesday outside the credit union's San Jose, Calif., headquarters to show their opposition to the credit union's proposed conversion to a mutual bank.
Rally organizers said the 11 a.m.-1 p.m. event was peaceful and described the credit union as “accommodating,” allowing them to protest outside the front of the credit union, provided they did not block entry or exit, and even sending a credit union employee out with bottled water during the event.
“That was nice to see, especially since while we disagree over this proposal, it's still our credit union, you know” said Carlos Rodriguez, an organizer of the conversion opposition.
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