The time has come for the 99 percent movement in every state to march to our statehouses and demand an end to institutionalized corporate control of our government. March 25, 2012 is the date, and in North Carolina, Raleigh is the place.
Come out Saturday (12/17) for a rally in Mordecai Historic Park in Raleigh to show your solidarity support for the Walking Occupation Marchers, who are on a journey from Wall Street to Atlanta and to mark three months since Occupy Wall Street began.
What do you think we need to do to make America work for the other 99%? It’s up to you to make the ninth demand! It’s your opportunity to say what you think will get our country working again.
Inspired by the We Are the 99 Percent blog on Tumblr on which people post pictures of themselves and their often-heart-wrenching stories, some folks at Occupy Wall Street put together this video that seeks to answer the question, “Am I a member of the 99%?”
Despite racking up $160 billion in profits over three years, 30 companies in the Fortune 500 paid less than nothing in federal income taxes from 2008-2010.
Denying that there is a class war or refusing to take sides in it doesn’t make it go away.
The Occupy movement has spread far from the financial district in lower Manhattan to Asheville, NC where the CLC is answering the call of AFL-CIO president, Rich Trumka, to open our hearts and minds and support this movement in the spirit of solidarity.
Even if you and your family are very well off, you have more in common with 99% of American income earners than the top 1% who control 40% of the nation’s wealth, its economic and financial system, and its government.
MaryBe McMillan, NC State AFL-CIO, delivered a rousing speech at Occupy Raleigh last Sunday, Oct. 16. “No longer will workers be second class citizens in a country we built. No longer will we be shut out of a political system that calls itself a democracy.”
This is our time; time for the majority, the 99%, who have played by the rules but haven’t gotten a fair shake; time for us to be heard.
We are all the 99 percent and we are standing together to restore our voices in cities all across the country this fall, just as we did in Madison, Wisconsin this spring. But the Occupy Together movement is only the latest in a year of global unrest. On October 15, Occupy Wall Street goes global.
The NC State AFL-CIO stands in solidarity with Occupy Wall St and the Occupy Together movement. We are the other 99%, and we have had enough. We encourage you to find and support an Occupy Together action near you!
The North Carolina State AFL-CIO is the largest association of local unions and union councils in North Carolina, representing over one-hundred thousand union members, fighting for good jobs, safe workplaces, workers’ rights, consumer protections, and quality public services on behalf of ALL working families.
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