Posted on 10/13/2011 4:22:51 PM PDT by mdittmar
Labor unions are turning out in force to support the Occupy Boston movement, saying protesters and workers are fighting for the same goals.
Unions representing teachers, carpenters, nurses, ironworkers and the building trades were among those who converged on the protester’s encampment in Dewey Square near Boston’s South Station on Thursday.
Earlier in the day, newly elected Massachusetts AFL-CIO President Steven Tolman toured the encampment to meet with protesters and pledge his support.
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I'm surprised John Kerry hasn't stopped by,
Co-opted by unions. I wonder if unions will then proceed to get into cat fights with one another.
And anyhow, don’t they have jobs? After all the sops Obama has thrown their way they should all be working even if nobody else is.
Labor equals work, which equals WTF are you doing at a protest and not at work???
Will these mobs turn into Obama’s brown shirts? Perplexed as to which way the wind is blowing.
Yes, these mobs are already Obama’s Brown Shirts, as the SEIU has already demonstrated. And the ill wind is blowing.
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