it happens any way because workers can t find out how much of their money is spent on political activities. my union was using my union dues to push a political agenda that i oppose. up to 40% or more of union workers actually vote for republican, that means almost 6 million union workers in the united states alone feel harassed and persecuted because of the political activities of their union officials. reporter: republicans i have issa says while it may be hard for workers to know how their money is spent. in 2010 alone unions spent $1.2 billion. the largest unions were representing government workers and service workers. jenna. jenna: jim angle for us in washington. thank you. [chanting] jon: it s a fox news business alert. the chaos continues in greece as coalition leaders there inch
we always approached this as [inaudible] from the point of view up the firing yesterday this was more of a crime story than a football story. with the scandal that really takes it to a new level. i think that s why you re seeing what you re seeing. jenna: sara, we appreciate the insights and of course your coverage. as you mentioned good reminder, a crime story, rather than a sports story and one for us to remember well. sara, we ll talk again soon. thank you very much. thank you. jon: and now this fox news business alert. bank of america scrapping another big fee for its customers. the bank is now abandoning plans for overdraft charges, saving you from fines for making debit card purchases with insufficient fund in your account. fox business network s liz macdonald is with us now. is this a sign that other banks are going to be backing off these controversial fees? reporter: banks have been backing off controversial fees and this one is really interesting, jon, because
jenna: this fox news business alert. you ve probably heard the story about bank of america. they are charging customers a monthly fee to use a debit card. you have to pay to spend your own money. now city is getting into the a act. lori rot is here to tell us a little bit about it. reporter: the fees are coming at us left and right these days. first the details from city, if you have a checking account you certainly want to listen up. they are increasing the minimum balance on all of your accounts. $20 is the monthly fee as the stands for most of their general checking accounts. but your combined account balance now, minimum balance goes up to $15,000 from $6,000. what s more if you have the free, free, easy checking account you ll be charged $15 a month if you don t carry a minimum balance on that one of $6,000.
leland vittert. thank you for that report. jenna: now fox news business alert. wall street is waiting to learn if fed chairman ben bernanke will take a move to boost the economy. the federal reserve finishing up two days of meetings in just about two hours from now, analysts think ben bernanke will announce a plan to lower rate for mortgages and loans. reporter: wall street is expecting the fed will announce an economic stimulus move it has not tried in 50 years. manipulating the $2.8 trillion balance sheet by selling some of its shorter term securities to buy longer term securities. that could pull down interest rates on longer term loans like mortgages. one former fed economist says this plan needs to be really big to really move interest rates lower. you have to do what we learned, i think is that to have a serious impact you have to do large amounts, like many
conservatives don t like the way that it turned out, liberals think they got railroaded, and obviously, right now, congress is at a very low point. but i would point you to this. republicans are at their highest point in the history of this poll in terms of the percentage of americans who would like them in control of the house, so it s bad news for boehner, but that s one bright spot, 46 percent of americans think republicans should be all the way in control in congress. jon: chris stierwalt, our digital politics editor, thank you chris, and we know a lot of you are logged in while you re watching happening now . catch more of chris on the web, hosting power play at the bottom of the hour. go to foxnews.com and click on the link. jenna: fox news business alert. let s take another look at these markets, a rough day back after the labor day break and that s an understatement. a half hour into the trading day, the markets are lower, the dow down more than 200 points and this morning s l