BALTIMORE – Amid chants of “We are the 99 percent” and “Jobs not cuts,” nearly 300 union members, Occupy Baltimore activists and community leaders and members rallied here for about two hours Nov. 17 at a busy intersection and on the aging steel Howard Street Bridge over Interstate 83. Event planners, led by “Good Jobs, Better Baltimore,” hung a 3-foot by 40 -oot banner from the side of the bridge that said “99% – 1%, Bridge The Gap, Jobs Not Cuts.”
It was part of similar bridge actions taking place around the country.
The rally was opened by John Reed, executive vice president, 1199 Health Care Workers East, who said, “We are assembled to support President Obama’s Jobs Bill, and the Howard Street Bridge is a symbol of the jobs rebuilding America that could be.”
Principal organizers were SEIU, MoveOn and Occupy Baltimore. Speakers included health care workers, unemployed workers, teachers and community activists.
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