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Unions To Protest Wall Street, Bloomberg on May 12
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Christopher Robbins
Published Apr 25, 2011
Modified Apr 25, 2011
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Sharpen your pitchforks and burn your Brooks Brothers, because the "fat cat" members of the city's unions are planning to protest against Wall Street's
callous disregard for humanity
lopsided profits and Bloomberg's slash-and-burn policies on May 12. Billed as "The Day We Made Wall Street Stand Still" (they'll also have to shut down Hillstone), members of the United Federation of Teachers, 1199 SEIU and the Coalition for the Homeless will attempt to shame the well-heeled folks who "wrecked our economy and are back to making billions in profits and lavish bonuses, while the rest of us are still cleaning up the mess," the Daily News reports.
But what does humble, small businessman Michael Rubens Bloomberg have to do with all this? According to the unions, he should "ask Wall Street bankers to contribute their fair share to New York City rather than enacting devastating cuts." Oh please, why don't we ask some of the city's undocumented workers to pay THEIR fair share? All of this just reeks of the Democratic machine gearing up to take back the mayor's office in 2013. But no need to worry Wall Street: set your Brookstone noise machine to "babbling brook," everything will be just fine.
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Christopher Robbins
Christopher Robbins is a New York City reporter covering transportation, affordable housing, local politics, and criminal justice. His work has also appeared in New York Magazine, The Village Voice and The New York Times. Chris is a graduate of Patrick Henry High School in Roanoke, Virginia, and enjoys biking to Fort Tilden in the summertime.
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