Unions plan to train 100,000 Occupy protesters

Welcome to Occupy Spring. The Occupy Movement has become more sophisticated, how? It now officially has big name backers like the Teamsters, Moveon.org and other groups.

Its 40 co-sponsors include big names the United Auto Workers, the International Brotherhood of  Teamsters, Moveon.org, and UNITE, the hospitality industry union.

When The 99% Spring was announced in February, organizers vowed to train 100,000 people. It looks like they’ll easily make that goal when their training programs kick off next week.

There are already 918 planned around the country. All the group needs is about 10 people at each session to meet its goal, and many of the programs have dozens of participants signed up.

The movement also has a professor, leftist activist Lisa Fithian, who has been training anarchists how to protest and break the law for years.

Read more at Townhall.com.

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