ANAHEIM – About 75 protesters marched outside – and a few into – an Anaheim bank Monday as part of the national Occupy Wall Street movement and promised to march on more Orange County banks in coming weeks to protest what they call corporate corruption and a lack of respect for workers.

The group, led by the Orange County Labor Federation, got support from Anaheim Councilwoman Lorri Galloway, who delivered a fiery speech to the protesters outside a Chase Bank near downtown.

“This is the patriotic thing to be doing,” Galloway said. “‘Made in America’ used to mean something. But now, jobs are being shifted overseas and there’s not enough respect for the workers here. They are struggling and frustrated. …Those voices need to be heard in Washington, D.C.”

(Click on the photo slide show to see more faces and comments from the protest.)

Protesters marched with signs that read, “America Wants to Work” and “Paychecks Not Debit Fees,” while chanting slogans such as “Banks got bailed out; we got sold out.”

Tefere Gebre, executive director of the Labor Federation, said protesters want to send a message to banks to stop charging more fees and, instead, use profits to invest in communities and create more jobs.

(To see previous Occupy Orange County protests at other locations, click here.)

Gary Kishner, a spokesman for J.P. Morgan Chase, said his bank doesn’t charge for debit cards and charges minimal fees for checking accounts. Chase also distributed $24 million in grant money to community organizations throughout California last year. So the charge that Chase doesn’t invest in local communities is unfounded, he said.

The protesters had also planned to march on a nearby Bank of America, but it was closed for the Columbus Day holiday.

Two of the protest organizers – also Chase members – went inside the bank to talk to a manager about the protest and close their accounts.

When they refused to leave, police were called. No arrests were reported during the hourlong protest.

“I was willing to get arrested if I had to,” said the Rev. Sarah Halverson, senior pastor at Fairview Community Church in Costa Mesa, who closed her account.

“I hope more people will consider following that example so bank executives begin to hear our voices,” she said.

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