[lbo-talk] Forming a line three miles long, 5, 000 demonstrators took to the streets of Manhattan on Super Tuesday

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Pink Slip Demo
Forming a line three miles long, 5,000 demonstrators took to the
streets of Manhattan on Super Tuesday to draw attention to the ongoing
unemployment crisis in the United States. Participants handed out
"pink slips" with demands that Congress pass job creation bills and
that corporations stop outsourcing jobs. The demo lasted for 14
minutes, to represent the 14 million unemployed. Read more about this
historic action via AFP or the New York Daily News.
http://nationalpriorities.org/en/blog/2012/03/01/job-creation-in-the-budget/
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/pink-slip-waving-protesters-decry-unemployment-article-1.1033838
Priority Number One: Job Creation
nationalpriorities.org
Likely voters said their top priority for President Obama’s 2013
budget was job creation, according to a poll conducted last month by
The Hill. The president released his fiscal 2013 budget on Feb. 13,
and it includes around $350 billion for job creation, including money
for jobs in the short-...
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http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/pink-slip-waving-protesters-decry-unemployment-article-1.1033838

        Pink-slip waving protesters decry unemployment

        www.nydailynews.com

        Lower Broadway was lined with pink slips early Tuesday as part
of a protest against the unemployment crisis.