Teamsters Joint Council 7 Endorses Occupy Oakland 10/19/2011 Teamsters Joint Council 7, representing over one hundred thousand working men and women from Bakersfield to the Oregon border, acting through its Executive Board hereby adopts the following Resolution this 19th day of October, 2011: WHEREAS, “Occupy Oakland” is the Bay Area offshoot of the national “Occupy Wall Street movement,” a nationwide protest against economic inequality, uneven tax structure, bank bailouts and corporate greed that has brought this country to its current economic crisis; WHEREAS, just as “Occupy Oakland” demands that the … Continue reading Week One Solidarity Statements (partial listing)