Four people protesting Massey Energy’s mountaintop removal mining practices were arrested Wednesday morning after linking their arms together with plastic pipe and duct tape, briefly blocking a private road to the coal company’s office in southern West Virginia. The protesters are affiliated with Climate Ground Zero and ranged in age from 22 to 81 years old.
A trio of activists from the environmental group Avaaz.org disrupted a press conference yesterday in Washington DC held by city officials from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, who were attempting to highlight the city’s role as the venue for the G20 summit later this month. The activists held a sign that read, “Why is the greenest city silencing green voices?”, before being escorted out.
Hundreds of AT&T workers in Danbury, Connecticut went to work wearing t-shirts saying “prisoner of AT&T” to protest the expiration of their contract. Bosses sent them home without pay, but the workers are threatening to file a grievance with the National Labor Relations Board over arbitrary suspensions.
On their first day back to work, US Senators were greeted by 40 climate activists, who built miniature windmills and made mechanical noises in the middle of the Hart Senate Office building until interrupted by the Capitol Police. At that point, a 50 ft banner dropped demanding that the Senators “Get to Work” for “Green Jobs Now”.
More than 270 faculty members from the University of California have signed an online petition in support of a walkout later this month to protest budget cuts.
Union workers for Kaiser Permanente picketed at the Kaiser Roseville Medical Center in Sacramento, California on Wednesday to protest company plans to slash 1,350 jobs statewide to offset enrollment losses and declining margins.
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