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Bozita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-18-11 12:46 PM
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Bloomberg: Unions hijacked Occupy protest
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Source: Politico

Bloomberg: Unions hijacked Occupy protest
By MJ LEE | 11/18/11 12:15 PM EST

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg suggested Friday that unions took over the Occupy Wall Street protest yesterday.

“A vast percentage of the people were union members protesting – some private unions and then some municipal unions – and they had you know, organized signs and leadership and that sort of thing,” Bloomberg said on WOR radio station Friday. “So it really wasn’t the protesters that have been in Zuccotti Park or that you see around the country.”

Bloomberg added, “It was just an opportunity for a bunch of unions to complain or to protest or whatever they want to do.”

The mayor warned that some of those union members, especially the municipal union members — should “step back” and realize that their salaries depend on the city’s ability to attract companies, investors and people that pay taxes.


Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1111/68687.html#ixzz1e50K46m6



Billionaire assclown who bought himself a job dumps another load of 1%er bullshit.
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