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East Bay | Education & Student Activism | Labor & WorkersJail The Bankers, Not The Teachers! OEA Protests At Wells Fargo Bank For Funding
Oakland Education Association OEA teachers and their supporters protested at the Wells Fargo bank and demanded that the bank use it's wealth to stop the cuts in Oakland schools. They sat in and were arrested. Jail The Bankers, Not The Teachers! OEA Protests At Wells Fargo Bank For Funding
Dozens of members of the Oakland Education Association and supporters protested and sat in at the Wells Fargo bank branch on 12th and Broadway on May 12, 2011. The OEA members who sat in were arrested for their occupation.The OEA is demanding that the Wells Fargo Bank which received TARP bailout funds should use it's wealth to support the schools. Further video at Oakland OEA Teachers Make The Banks Pay http://blip.tv/file/4997783 Production of Labor Video Project http://www.laborvideo.org laborvideo.blip.tv
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Adult education faces destruction under the cuts.
Oakland mayor Jean Quan is pushing more money for cops in Oakland
The CTA is supporting Governor Brown's regressive tax plan
OEA wants the banks to pay
Some participants said the attacks on education require a general strike
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