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   From: logos@gnostic.com   
      
   Labor unions have become a growing force in the Occupy movement. That   
   shouldn't be surprising since the movement is succeeding at advancing   
   a message unions have been trying to convey for a long time: that the   
   ultra-wealthy are taking more than their fair share.   
      
   AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka delivered a speech on Wall Street   
   shortly after he took office in 2009. "Our economy falters and people   
   suffer," he said then. "But the richest 1 percent — they're living   
   high on the hog."   
      
      
   That sounds similar to the "We are the 99 percent" message of Occupy   
   protesters.   
      
   "As Occupy Wall Street gathered steam it was sort of like, well,   
   they're doing the same thing we were doing; we better be part of   
   this," says Damon Silvers, policy director and special counsel at the   
   AFL-CIO.   
      
      
   http://www.npr.org/2011/10/29/141794777/unions-assume-a-support-   
   ole-for-occupy-movement?ft=1&f=1001   
      
      
      
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   Johnny Asia, Guitarist from the Future   
      
      
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