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Today is a slow day and activists and volunteers have told us it is a planning day for tomorrow. they are hoping for thousands of people who joined them in a march and one of the reasons they are expecting so many people is they have the support of big labor unions including transit workers and the united federation of teachers and there were several workers to march and stand with them today. yesterday city bus drivers sued the nypd for making them pick up detained protesters over the weekend. about 700 were arrested trying to cross the bridge and take the workers away. they support the prote...

Members. they are getting a lot of support from several unions including the united federation of teachers and the transit workers union. in fact, yesterday city bus workers announced they were suing the nypd for making them use city buses to move, detain protesters over the weekend. they were arrested trying to cross the brooklyn bridge and the police used city buses to move them around and the transit workers are saying they support the protesters and do not want to be used in that way. now those arrests over the weekend did help the movement gain a lot of visibility and a lot of steam. yest...

It stay outside the system? >> there was a report today about a bunch of new york city unions going to join the protest on wednesday, which was a major step. transit workers, militant union, they had a strike in new york a few years ago. i do think people understand that even if they felt some misgivings at the beginning or these -- i don't know what the demand are. i understand those. i mean, i have those same feelings in the beginning. there is some genuine energy here. i was having this conversation with somebody else, what else is working? honestly, look around you, what else is working? y...

Unions going to join the protest on wednesday, which was a major step. transit workers, militant union, they had a strike in new york a few years ago. i do think people understand that even if they felt some misgivings at the beginning or these -- i don't know what the demand are. i understand those. i mean, i have those same feelings in the beginning. there is some genuine energy here. i was having this conversation with somebody else, what else is working? honestly, look around you, what else is working? you know, people feel like, well, let's take a fire in something else. >> direct action ...

About a bunch of new york city unions going to join the protest on wednesday, which was a major step. transit workers, militant union, they had a strike in new york a few years ago. i do think people understand that even if they felt some misgivings at the beginning or these -- i don't know what the demand are. i understand those. i mean, i have those same feelings in the beginning. there is some genuine energy here. i was having this conversation with somebody else, what else is working? honestly, look around you, what else is working? you know, people feel like, well, let's take a fire in so...