"A labor union with strong ties to President Obama is helping make the Occupy Wall Street movement a more permanent fixture in the nation's capital, moving Occupy DC into office space the group can use to organize and grow through the presidential election," Aubrey Whelan of the Washington Examiner reported last night.
"The Service Employees International Union [SEIU], one of Obama's most vocal supporters among labor groups, is paying $4,000 a month for three offices the Occupy protesters will use for at least the next six months to plan future demonstrations, organize and host workshops," Whelan noted, adding that the office space is within the headquarters of the liberal Institute for Policy Studies (IPS). "Occupiers moved into their new digs Monday" and "[t]he SEIU will pay the rent for six months," Whelan noted, citing IPS director John Cavanagh.
Don't hold your breath for the media to report on this development or examine the nexus between the left-wing Occupy movement and Big Labor.
