Occupy Oakland: Citywide General Strike Planned for Nov. 2
The city of Oakland is bracing for Wednesday’s citywide general strike that was planned by Occupy protesters the day after police forcibly removed their City Hall encampment last week. Below is the proposal passed by Occupy Oakland General Assembly: We as fellow occupiers of Oscar Grant Plaza propose that on Wednesday November 2, 2011, we liberate More...
Occupy Wall Street Applies for Trademark
The Occupy Wall Street movement applied to trademark its name on Oct. 24. The movement filed for the use of the mark on its website, in periodicals and newsletters, and on clothing and bags, reported the POLITICO. Fer-Eng More...
“We are Wall Street” – Wall Street Strikes Back
Wall Street recently struck back by dropping leaflets on the Occupy Wall Street movement. Here’s what the leaflets said: “We are Wall Street. It’s our job to make money. Whether it’s a commodity, More...
Verizon Workers Join Occupy Wall Street Protest
Disgruntled Verizon Communications and Verizon Wireless workers and members of the labor union Communication Workers of America will be joining the “Occupy Wall Street” protest Friday in protest of Verizon’s More...
California Teachers Association Supports Occupy Wall Street
The 325,000-member California Teachers Association (CTA), affiliated with the 3.2 million-member National Education Association, has announced its support of the nationwide “Occupy Wall Street” movement for More...
AFL-CIO Calls on Congress to Put America Back to Work
Working families across America are taking part in America Wants to Work events in the Oct. 10-16 Week of Action for Jobs. The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) is More...
Unions Endorse and Plan to Occupy Wall Street Protests
It’s all fun and games until 20,000 union members show up. In New York, several unions have endorsed the Occupy Wall Street movement and plan to join the protesters’ street theater Wednesday, labor leaders have More...