The grass roots protest against Wall Street greed has spread to other cities and established unions are now joining the fight to slam it to THE MAN!
Crain’s New York Business reported that a veteran group of agitators – a loose coalition of labor and community groups would join the ongoing OCCUPY WALL STREET protest next week.
They are organizing a solidarity march scheduled for next Wednesday. The protestors were joined by NYC Transit Workers and Airline workers within the past week. The Teamsters Union has also been vocal in their support.
The protest initially composed of disenfranchised youth railing against the system of Wall Street greed that seems to perpetuate the downward spiral of the American Dream into an abyss of despair.
But now as the protests enter their third week with celebs like Michael Moore, Susan Sarandon, Russell Simmons and Cornel West joining in, the city's more traditional activists have been forced to make a show of support.
Despite a lack of mainstream media attention, the protests have now spread to financial institutions in Chicago, Boston and San Francisco, as union leaders and community activists slowly realize the impact of organized protest — mobilizing the troops via social media networks like Facebook and Twitter.
“It's become too big to ignore,” said one political consultant.
Daily Kos reported that Occupy Wall Street confirmed that there will be at least 26 solidarity occupations in the U.S. by Oct. 6.
Beyond the support of unions and community activists, the use of pepper spray as a crowd control effort by New York police has significantly increased national interest in the growing movement.
The ENQUIRER has learned that according to internet industry analysts there are now more online searches for "Occupy Wall Street" than for GOP Speaker of the House John Boehner.
A spokesman for Transit Workers Union Local 100 said, “We're getting involved because the crisis was caused by the excesses of Wall Street and the consequences have fallen hardest on workers.”
Those that still have jobs.
