Occupy Movement Page – Click here to learn more
“We have seen class sizes grow, college tuitions increase, and job opportunities vanish at the same time that banks have received bailouts and large corporations and millionaires have received tax cuts. We are the 99%. It’s time to put Main Street before Wall Street, and for corporations to pay their fair share of taxes.”
- CTA President Dean Vogel
TTEA has created a page about the Occupy Movement that began on Wall Street in New York City and has now moved across the country where people are protesting in order to share a message that it is not OK for this country to have the richest 1% of people and corporations not paying their fair share in taxes. They, the 99%, are getting this message and others out by occupying city halls, banks, and even school district offices. What is the message the protestors are sharing? TTEA Co-Presidents Ed Hilton and Jon Halvorsen attended CTA State Council last weekend as elected delegates and had the opportunity to visit with some of the Occupy LA protestors and join in a march with fellow teachers from the Unified Teachers of Los Angeles (UTLA) on their school district office. They heard from many people, including the President of the California Teachers Association who spoke to council about why CTA took a position in support of the Occupy movement.
Because of all this, many people, including teachers here in Tahoe-Truckee, have questions about what all this means. So, to try to explain what the movement is all about TTEA put together this Occupy Movement Page on our web site to share information and news. Please comment at the bottom of the page with any questions or information you have about the movement here locally or abroad and we will do what we can to share it.
It is time to put Main Street before Wall Street!
Occupy Movement Page – Click here to learn more
