Occupy Chicago Movement:
Protester gather in Grant Park in Chicago's South Loop.
Occupy Chicago is an ongoing movement that started on September
24, 2011. This specific movement "began in solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street protests in New York" (Wikipedia). Over the past roughly two and a half months the movement as a whole has been looked down as a very aggressive and leaderless movement. As for the specific part of the movement in Chicago, this movement has been more or so non-violent. In the public and news it has been seen as one of the more ideal and proper ways of protesting. The Occupy Chicago movement has the same basic beliefs as the whole nationwide movement; which is very similar to the worldwide movement, pushed by the group "Adbuster". "Occupy Chicago is here to fight corporate abuse of American democracy in solidarity with our brothers and sisters around the world" (Occupychi.org). People, especially the middle class, are being taken advantage of and are getting no relief. Many of the protesters have lost their homes, jobs and many even owe unplayable amounts of school loans or any loan; while also seeing no help from the government. The government has been manipulated by politicians and large corporations, which in return has caused more problems, if not caused this horrible economy. When the banks and corporations were bailed out, many of these struggling Americans were outraged and a school teacher says "It's funny that they say kids first, and then they bail out big corporations" (Wisniewski, Saphir). "These days, a lot of folks who are doing the right thing aren't rewarded, and a lot of folks who aren't doing the right thing are rewarded" (Horng).
Since the beginning of the movement, many supporters have come by the mass, around three thousand on average and growing would appear at the number of rallies that have taken place since the beginning of the movement. Many of these supporters are out of jobs or are now down to a part time job. These poor US citizens lost their jobs because many "greedy CEOs are sending U.S. jobs to developing countries where dictatorial governments oppress workers and keep wages down" (Meade) as well as "they are allowing low-wage illegal immigrants into this country" (Meade). The employees of these companies got no say in if they wanted to get demoted, put on part-time, or lose their jobs; it’s simply not fair and the Illinois Fair Labor Standards Act is a big part of this. People's employment can be terminated at any time as well as employees can quit at any time. In theory as long as the employer terminates an employment contract, there’s no way for someone to bail out of a contract if they felt it was non-beneficial or would harm them in some way. For many Illinois residents this is seen as a one way act and as long as employees are kept in the dark, they than can’t protect themselves from some kind of collapse. With no true relief or even proactive actions from the government; the Occupy Chicago movement and the Occupy movement as a whole will still protest and speak their minds until some action is taken.
24, 2011. This specific movement "began in solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street protests in New York" (Wikipedia). Over the past roughly two and a half months the movement as a whole has been looked down as a very aggressive and leaderless movement. As for the specific part of the movement in Chicago, this movement has been more or so non-violent. In the public and news it has been seen as one of the more ideal and proper ways of protesting. The Occupy Chicago movement has the same basic beliefs as the whole nationwide movement; which is very similar to the worldwide movement, pushed by the group "Adbuster". "Occupy Chicago is here to fight corporate abuse of American democracy in solidarity with our brothers and sisters around the world" (Occupychi.org). People, especially the middle class, are being taken advantage of and are getting no relief. Many of the protesters have lost their homes, jobs and many even owe unplayable amounts of school loans or any loan; while also seeing no help from the government. The government has been manipulated by politicians and large corporations, which in return has caused more problems, if not caused this horrible economy. When the banks and corporations were bailed out, many of these struggling Americans were outraged and a school teacher says "It's funny that they say kids first, and then they bail out big corporations" (Wisniewski, Saphir). "These days, a lot of folks who are doing the right thing aren't rewarded, and a lot of folks who aren't doing the right thing are rewarded" (Horng).
Since the beginning of the movement, many supporters have come by the mass, around three thousand on average and growing would appear at the number of rallies that have taken place since the beginning of the movement. Many of these supporters are out of jobs or are now down to a part time job. These poor US citizens lost their jobs because many "greedy CEOs are sending U.S. jobs to developing countries where dictatorial governments oppress workers and keep wages down" (Meade) as well as "they are allowing low-wage illegal immigrants into this country" (Meade). The employees of these companies got no say in if they wanted to get demoted, put on part-time, or lose their jobs; it’s simply not fair and the Illinois Fair Labor Standards Act is a big part of this. People's employment can be terminated at any time as well as employees can quit at any time. In theory as long as the employer terminates an employment contract, there’s no way for someone to bail out of a contract if they felt it was non-beneficial or would harm them in some way. For many Illinois residents this is seen as a one way act and as long as employees are kept in the dark, they than can’t protect themselves from some kind of collapse. With no true relief or even proactive actions from the government; the Occupy Chicago movement and the Occupy movement as a whole will still protest and speak their minds until some action is taken.