Although little has been said about the protests against the madness of Wall Street by major media outlets, or our local news, the protests are growing and business leaders are noticing. Although most cable news yesterday was focused on the passing of Steve Jobs, an American icon, Businessweek finally noticed that the protests are growing.

Protesters have been saying “we are the 99%.” In shining a light on the continued unemployment, lack of jobs for recent college graduates, economic inequality, and excessive salaries of the Wall Street elite, they are representing the reality of 99% of Americans.

Yesterday labor unions joined ranks with the students and unemployed who have been occupying a park near Wall Street for weeks. The New York Times reported, “members of the A.F.L.-C.I.O.’s executive council had a conference call in which they expressed unanimous support for the protest. One A.F.L.-C.I.O. official said leaders had heard from local union members wondering why organized labor was absent.”

Students across the nation also showed their solidarity by walking out of classes at an organized time.

Frequent readers of my blog know that I’ve been saying that we are engaged in class warfare, and that I’ll stand with workers in this war. Obama has been saying that he is a warrior for the middle class. It is about time that labor joined with the students, and that the rest of us 99 percenters stopped carrying water for the richest 1% of our citizens. As I’ve said before, there are a lot more of us—about 98% more.

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Businessweek Notices Protests

Unions Join Protests