Occupy Wall Street has evolved. About 15 unions (SEIU, CWA, UAW, United Federation of Teachers...) declared solidarity with the young protesters who have been occupying Zuccotti Park, close to Wall Street, since September 17th. Unions expressed their support by marching with them on October 5th and by bringing food as well medical and legal assistance. (Ref. 110600)
“We are the 99% that will no longer tolerate the greed and corruption of the 1%” the protesters declare on occupywallst.org. It is with this slogan that this movement, using the revolutionary Arab Spring tactic to get things to change, asked people to march on October 5th. Several unions representing transit workers, nurses and other health professionals, teachers, telecom employees, civil servants… joined the protest on Wednesday afternoon.
SEIU 1199, which represents more than 300,000 health
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