Unions give Wall Street protesters some oomph

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By DEEPTI HAJELA and VERENA DOBNIK - Associated Press
Oct. 5, 2011

NEW YORK (AP) — A diverse group of powerful unions joined demonstrations near Wall Street on Wednesday, lending focus, credibility and potentially hundreds of participants to a group that started out with a few college students camping out in lower Manhattan.

Among those planning to join the clamor were members of the Chinatown Tenants Union and the Transit Workers Union, the liberal group MoveOn.org and community organizations such as the Working Families Party and United NY. At several colleges across the nation, students participated from afar by heeding organizers' calls to walk out of classes.

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