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Tuesday 11 October 2011

Why US unions back ‘Occupy Wall St’

Mary Kay Henry, leader of the 2.1m strong SEIU, the largest trade union in the USA, explains in the Wall Street Journal why unions are supporting the nationwide protests for economic and social justice – ‘the anger of the American people has been brewing for quite some time, and now that it's boiled over there's no bottling it up. The importance of Occupy Wall Street can't be measured by any set of demands. What's more important to understand are the values that unite the protesters and their authentic understanding of what has gone wrong in our economy. We can begin to right the wrongs of our economy and respond to the growing demands of the American people by putting our country back to work and by holding Wall Street and big corporations accountable for the damage they've inflicted on us all’
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203476804576615200938120050.html?mod=googlenews_wsj