99 Percent Spring Training: Challenge to Corporate Power is On!

National trainers from 60 organizations, including nine CWAers, lead off the 99% Spring Training.

Next week will be a time of unprecedented activity around the country, as union members, environmentalists, religious, civil rights, community and immigrant activists, Occupiers and many more join a nationwide 99 Percent Spring training on how to gain economic justice. During the week of April 9-15, 100,000 people will attend a training; sessions will be held in every state, in large and small communities, in union halls, churches and living rooms.

Nine CWAers helped lead the national training that kicked off the 99 Percent Spring training in Washington, D.C., last month. Another 35 CWAers attended "train the trainer" sessions and will be leading programs next week. More than 2,000 CWA members are expected to sign up for the training.

To be a part of this growing movement, click here for a list of training locations. More sites are being added everyday.

This training is just the start of a renewed movement to take the economy back from the 1 percent and challenge corporate greed. "The 99 Percent Spring really grew out of the work many progressive groups already have been doing together, from the Occupy movement to the Selma march to the fight for workers' rights and to reform the broken Senate rules," said CWA President Larry Cohen. "It's become a key part of our resistance, our massive need to fight back and get our country back."

The training will tell the story of our economy, how we got to this point of extreme income inequality and what we can do about it. Participants will tell their own stories about why they're part of the 99 percent and will learn the strategies for nonviolent direct action.

Following the week of training, activists will be ready for Shareholder Spring and other actions to take on corporate greed and the 1 percent.

Register now for the training at http://www.cwa-union.org/pages/99_spring_training_locations. If you don't see a training near you, this link provides a larger list of trainings.