Occupy Oakland Protesters Force Halt to Operations at Busy Port
By TERENCE CHEA, LISA LEFF and TERRY COLLINS, Huffington Post, 11/2/11 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/02/occupy-oakland-port_n_1072955.html OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Several thousand Occupy Wall Street demonstrators gathering in Oakland forced a halt to operations at the nation’s…
Occupy Oakland: Strike Gains Big Labor Support
CBS News, November 2, 2011 http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-20128840/occupy-oakland-strike-gains-big-labor-support/ (AP) OAKLAND, Calif. – A widely anticipated strike Wednesday by anti-Wall Street demonstrators in Oakland is expected to get a big boost from organized labor and established…