Post by Maxf1ex on Mar 22, 2012 16:54:31 GMT -8
Hum ... guess it really is grass roots behind the movement.
www.cwadistrict7.org/CWA-Newsletter-2012/3-22-CWA-Newsletter-2012.htm
CWA activists are headed to spring training.
Next month, 2,000 CWA activists will be attending training to lead nonviolent, direct protests aimed at reigniting the enthusiasm and passion of Occupy Wall Street and Wisconsin uprisings. CWA joins more than 60 progressive groups — collectively called the 99 Percent Spring — that will be training a total of 100,000 activists at 700 trainings in 48 states.
"We call on our members in CWA, across labor, across all progressive groups to answer the call — the call for training in April and the call to march on all spring. To say to the 1 percent, 'You have peaked. We are back. We are standing up and fighting back,'" said CWA President Larry Cohen on a media conference call.
The 99 Percent Spring activists will be targeting at least 40 companies, including Verizon, Chevron and Wells Fargo. In what's been dubbed "Shareholder's Spring," activists will protest at shareholder meetings — including the Bank of America's annual meeting in Charlotte, N.C.
Other actions will include home occupations to prevent foreclosures and student-led protests against Sallie Mae and other entities that have profited from student loan debt.
