OWS Leads May Day Strike In NYC
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Labor groups, immigration advocates, Occupy Wall Street protesters and other activists are planning marches and other events in Manhattan with the aim of bringing daily business to a standstill on International Workers Day, or May Day, today. Leaders of the now-global movement plan events including picketing, marches and other "creative disruptions against the corporations who rule our city," according to a website maintained by Occupy activists. On foot and bicycles, through streets and across bridges, Occupy activists plan to block urban arteries to slow the city's economic engine — from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., according to pamphlets and organizers' word-of-mouth communications. Some say they're willing to get arrested, staging surprise actions to make their point — that financial inequality is destroying our society. The biggest known plan has the support of thousands of union members.I'll have video as it becomes available.
Labels: labor, NYC, strikes, unions, Wall Street