99 Percent Spring/Challenging Corporate Power Plans Training, Actions

CWA activists join protesters outside Wells Fargo's shareholder meeting in San Francisco.

 

Nearly 70 Guild-represented reporters and editors at the New York Times leaflet the company's annual shareholders meeting.

Did you miss 99 Percent Spring training last week? It's not too late to get involved.

All the materials and videos are now online. Check it out: www.cwa-union.org/99online. It takes about an hour to complete and you don't have to finish it all in one sitting. You'll share your own story of economic hardship, learn how the 1 percent wrecked our economy and get the tools to plan actions in your own community this Spring. Just like the in-person trainings, the online training has all you need to get ready to help the 99 percent take back the country.

CWA newspaper ad.

Among the nearly 100 organizations joining in 99 Percent Spring, CWA was the third most active organization in hosting trainings and having members participate. More than 50,000 people attended the seven-hour training program, with sessions held in every state, and another 50,000 are slated to do the training online.

Across the country, activists are ramping up direct, non-violent actions. In San Francisco on Tuesday, CWA activists were among the 500 people protesting Wells Fargo's lending practices and foreclosures, interrupting CEO John Stumpf's speech to shareholders at least four times. Check out this coverage by a TNG-CWA member.

In Detroit, the labor movement joined several thousand protesters in disrupting General Electric's annual meeting with chants of "Pay your fair share!" on Wednesday, and actions also were held around Citibank's annual meeting last week. Next up is Verizon's shareholder meeting on May 3, the latest in as many as 40 Shareholder Spring actions this year.

Get involved with the 99 Percent Spring at http://actions.the99spring.com/actions.