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The 1199SEIU Executive Council voted unanimously on September 30 to give all-round support to the ongoing Wall Street occupation. Monday, October 3, marked the 17th day of the occupation which has picked up participants, supporters and media attention by the day.
Other labor support has come from the Transport Workers, United Steelworker and AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka. A labor-community March on Wall Street is set to leave New York’s City Hall at 4:30 on Wednesday, October 5, and end at Zuccotti Park (renamed Liberty Park) which is the site of the occupation.
Sponsors of the October 5 march include the Working Families Party, United New York, New York Communities of Change and the Strong Economy for All Coalition, which includes in addition to 1199SEIU, SEIU Local 32BJ, the New York AFL-CIO, United Federation of Teachers, Citizen Action, NYSUT, Communications Workers, and the NY Central Labor Council.
1199 members, families and friends are encouraged to take part.
Among those who have joined the occupation for periods are Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz, NAACP leader Ben Jealous, Professor Cornel West, filmmaker Michael Moore, Def Jam impresario Russell Simmons, actors Susan Sarandon and Mark Ruffalo.
After the 1199 Executive Council heard a report on the Wall Street occupation by two of its young activists, President George Gresham offered the motion to support the action. Included in the motion, with friendly amendments, were the union’s agreement to reach other to the rest of the labor movement to build support for the occupation, to support future marches and actions that grow out of OccupyWallStreet, to feed the occupation participants for a week, to have 1199 nurses help train those staffing the first-aid care station at the occupation, and to set up an 1199 “task force” charged with help in whatever ways possible.
For further information, visit OccupyWallSt.org Solidarity actions have also begun or are being planned in Boston, Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington DC, and dozens of cities across the country and even around the world. For information about all of these actions, visit OccupyTogether.org.
Visit the official announcement from SEIU.
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