http://labornotes.org/2011/10/labor-throws-weight-wall-street-occupation
> Regina Grissom, an 1199 executive council member, said the union
> doesn’t buy into attempts to divide the occupiers—stereotyped as
> young, white, out-of-work folks—from labor support. She said 1199,
> whose members are majority people of color, is building support for
> the occupation in communities and churches.
>
> “It’s not what we look like, but what we do together,” said Grissom, a
> clerk in a maternity clinic. “This is a labor issue, because whether
> you’re in a union or not, you’re under attack. We have to band
> together so that we can strike a mighty blow.”
>