http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/nationnow/2011/10/occupy-wall-street-afl-cio.html">AFL-CIO Chief Richard Trumka backs Occupy Wall Street protestsThe U.S. labor movement will support demonstrations around the country by anti-Wall Street protesters, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said Wednesday.
Speaking on a conference call with reporters, Trumka said the labor movement backs the goals of the Occupy Wall Street protesters in New York City and elsewhere and will work with such groups “to make the top 1% pay their share.”
“These demonstrations are truly spontaneous,” Trumka said. “We intend to be supportive of them....
We are going to support them in any way we can. We’re not going to try to usurp them in any way.”(snip)
But the labor leader was specific as he summarized his demands:
make Wall Street invest in creating jobs for Americans, stop foreclosures and write down problem mortgages. Paying for government programs would come from a “very tiny” tax on speculation, he said.
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