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Occupy Boston protesters get Mass. union assist
Boston Herald ^ | October 13, 2011 | Associated Press

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.bostonherald.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: massachusetts; occupyboston; occupywallstreet
Many of the protesters said they welcomed the backing of unions, but said they wanted to maintain Occupy Boston as an independent movement.,Ha!

I'm surprised John Kerry hasn't stopped by,

1 posted on 10/13/2011 4:22:56 PM PDT by mdittmar
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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.


2 posted on 10/13/2011 4:24:21 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (There's gonna be a Redneck Revolution! (See my freep page) [rednecks come in many colors])
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...Labor unions are turning out in force...

Labor equals work, which equals WTF are you doing at a protest and not at work???

3 posted on 10/13/2011 4:27:31 PM PDT by IrishPennant (We don't want to work so we go to work to make enough money not to work...Huh?)
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To: mdittmar

Will these mobs turn into Obama’s brown shirts? Perplexed as to which way the wind is blowing.


4 posted on 10/13/2011 4:34:22 PM PDT by DefeatCorruption
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To: mdittmar
The FleaBaggers just don't quit.
5 posted on 10/13/2011 4:37:34 PM PDT by Yosemitest (It's simple: Fight or Die)
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To: DefeatCorruption

Yes, these mobs are already Obama’s Brown Shirts, as the SEIU has already demonstrated. And the ill wind is blowing.


6 posted on 10/13/2011 5:57:09 PM PDT by Fred Hayek (FUBO, the No Talent Pop Star pResident.)
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