This has got to be somewhat unexpected: This morning, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka expressed support for the protests. Earlier this week, more than 700 uniformed pilots, members of the Air Line Pilots <http://www.alpa.org/> (ALPA) , took to the streets<http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2011/09/29/union-airline-pilots-occupy-wall-street>outside of Wall Street demanding better pay.
The executive board of the New York Transit Workers Union/Transport Workers Local 100 <http://www.twulocal100.org/> voted unanimously to support Occupy Wall Street. Local 100 has 38,000 active members and covers 26,000 retirees, according to its website <http://www.twulocal100.org/get-there-twu>. Responding to a question after his speech at the Brookings institution<http://blog.aflcio.org/2011/09/30/trumka-america-faces-historic-decisions-that-will-shape-our-future/>this morning, Trumka said: I think being in the streets and calling attention to issues is sometime the only recourse you have because…you can go to the Hill, and you can talk to a lot of people and see nothing ever happen. Wall Street is out of control. Calling attention to it and peacefully protesting is very legitimate way of doing it. I’ve done it thousands of times myself and I’ll do it again. On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 3:02 PM, c b <[email protected]> wrote: > Anyone with eyes open knows that the gangsterism of Wall Street -- > financial institutions generally -- has caused severe damage to the > people of the United States (and the world). And should also know that > it has been doing so increasingly for over 30 years, as their power in > the economy has radically increased, and with it their political > power. That has set in motion a vicious cycle that has concentrated > immense wealth, and with it political power, in a tiny sector of the > population, a fraction of 1%, while the rest increasingly become what > is sometimes called "a precariat" -- seeking to survive in a > precarious existence. They also carry out these ugly activities with > almost complete impunity -- not only too big to fail, but also "too > big to jail." > > The courageous and honorable protests underway in Wall Street should > serve to bring this calamity to public attention, and to lead to > dedicated efforts to overcome it and set the society on a more healthy > course. > > Noam Chomsky > > https://occupywallst.org/article/noam-chomsky-solidarity/ > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > -- Sandwichman
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