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Occupy Oakland Calls For City-Wide General Strike, Nov 2

Posted 13 years ago on Oct. 30, 2011, 9 p.m. EST by OccupyWallSt

GENERAL STRIKE!

Below is the proposal passed by the Occupy Oakland General Assembly on Wednesday October 26, 2011 in reclaimed Oscar Grant Plaza. 1607 people voted. 1484 voted in favor of the resolution, 77 abstained and 46 voted against it, passing the proposal at 96.9%. The General Assembly operates on a modified consensus process that passes proposals with 90% in favor and with abstaining votes removed from the final count. Read More...

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