Houston’s Labor Council Endorses Occupy Houston

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The following Resolution was passed by the Harris County AFL-CIO Council last night.  Several Occupy Houston folks visited the meeting and Dustin Phipps from Occupy Houston addressed the Delegates explaining its goals and asked for Labor’s support.
Richard C. Shaw, Secretary-Treasurer, Harris County AFL-CIO Council.
Resolution in Support of Occupy Houston
 
Whereas, Occupy Houston’s goal is the end the corporate corruption of our democracy, and,
 
Whereas, Occupy Houston is demonstrating its message on a daily basis and,
 
Whereas, Occupy Houston has also joined with Good Jobs = Great Houston, Houston Interfaith Worker Justice in support of good jobs, the American Jobs Act, and
 
Whereas, the AFL-CIO, and many of its affiliated Unions are supporting similar “Occupy” events on Wall Street and in other cities in Texas and across the country,
 
Therefore be it resolved, that the Harris County AFL-CIO Council go on record of supporting Occupy Houston and its messages of ending corporate corruption of our democracy and standing up for workers and jobs.
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Defend Occupy Raleigh

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From a FIST organizer in North Carolina:

This afternoon, info began going around that state capitol police had given ultimatum to Occupy Raleigh to remove all their stuff from the encampment site on the sidewalk before 3pm or else the cops would raid the site and take all the stuff out. Call NC State Capitol police to defend the occupation. The number is 919-733-4646. 

UPDATE AS OF ABOUT 4 PM OCT 28: 8 people were arrested, including an elderly woman with disabilities, for sitting on the sidewalk. Some of those arrested at October 15 action were among those arrested this time too.

Folks have moved to jail and we are rallying outside now. There’s about 20-25 people here now, some are still over at the occupation site.

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Oakland Calls – We Answer, All Out for Nov. 2

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All out in the Streets in Solidarity with Occupy Oakland
Wednesday, November 2nd

Early Tuesday morning 900 police from a dozen police agencies in the Bay Area, along with Homeland Security, brutally cracked down on demonstrators who marched in support of Occupy Oakland.  The demonstrators were marching to reestablish the Oakland occupation, which was shut down earlier in the day. At least one person was critically injured, 24 year old Iraq war veteran, Scott Olsen, who was struck in the face with a projectile launched by police.

In response to the violent repression, which included the use of tear gas, guns that use incapacitating bean bags, batons and the arrests of over 85 protesters, the General Assembly of Occupy Oakland has called for a Mass Day of Action and a General Strike in Oakland to take place on Wednesday November 2nd.

We support Oakland’s call.  In the wake of the violence used by the police in Oakland, also in Atlanta, Chicago, Denver,Boston, New York and elsewhere, we are asking  students and community organizations, unions, anti-war groups, all progressive organizations and individuals across the country to take to the streets in solidarity.  Defend Oakland! Defend all the occupations!

All Out Wednesday, November 2nd
We Are Oakland
Stop Police Brutality
We Shall Not be Moved

Supported by:

Bail Out the People Movement, Labor-Community Forum/South Bronx Community Congress; May 1 Workers & Immigrant Rights Coalition, Council on American Islamic Relations, New York Chapter (CAIR-NY); United National Antiwar Coalition; The Islamic Leadership Council of Metropolitan NY (Majlis Ash-Shura) Social Justice Committee; SEIU Local 32BJ* Latino Caucus – Ed Figueroa-Chair; Charles Jenkins, VP Coalition of Black Trade Unionists; Larry Hales, New Yorkers Against the Budget Cuts; Mike Eilenfeldt-Delegate-NYC Central Labor Council* Ramsey Clark – Awarded UN Human Rights Award, former U.S. Attorney General, FrantzMendes, Pres. United Steelworkers Local 8751, Boston School Bus Union.

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Support Occupy Nashville

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http://www.facebook.com/OccupyNashville?sk=wall

#OccupyNashville has been given 24hrs to disband or be evicted by the Police. Let the following people know that you support the occupation. We are the 99%!

Mayor of Nashville (Karl Dean) (615) 862-6000 mayor@nashville.gov

TN Govenor (Bill Haslam) 615-741-2001 bill.haslam@tn.gov
Chief of Police (Steve Anderson) 615-862-7301 chief@police.nashville.org

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California Nurses Union Condemn Mayor Quan’s Raid on Occupy Oakland

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Press Release

For Immediate Release

October 25, 2011
Contact: Liz Jacobs, 510-273-2232,  Charles Idelson, 510-273-2246

The California Nurses Association/National Nurses United today condemned the early morning police raid on the peaceful Occupy Oakland encampment, and criticized Oakland Mayor Jean Quan for joining the list of mayors employing repression against the occupy movement.

According to press reports, police stormed the encampment near Oakland’s City Hall well before dawn, with billy clubs and shotguns, uprooting tents and making multiple arrests.

“This unwarranted attack on peaceful protesters places Oakland Mayor Jean Quan in shameful company with mayors like Chicago’s Rahm Emanuel and other cities whose response to public expression of protest is repression rather than respect for the rights of free speech and assembly,” said CNA Treasurer Martha Kuhl, an Oakland RN.

CNA called on the city to drop all charges against those arrested in the raid, and encouraged protest calls be made to Mayor Quan at 510-238-3141.

“Few cities have endured more pain and abandonment from the reckless behavior of Wall Street and the banks than Oakland. Mayor Quan should be supporting the occupy movement, not breaking up demonstrations,” Kuhl said.

California nurses have joined rallies and marches with Occupy Oakland actions, and set up nurses’ humanitarian first aid stations in a number of cities, including San Francisco and San Diego, support activity that will continue despite the escalating police attacks on the occupy movement, said Kuhl.

In Oakland, “we will support efforts of Occupy Oakland to rebuild and continue the protests,” Kuhl said.

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