UALE endorses the extraordinary movement of students, workers, families, the employed and unemployed, and people across the political spectrum who have joined the demonstrations called Occupy Wall Street. We agree that now is the right time to protest what Wall Street has done to our society, specifically our jobs, wages, savings, healthcare, retirement, educational system and physical infrastructure. As labor educators, we have studied and taught the realities of growing inequality for many years. We are happy to accept the challenge to our teaching practice raised by OWS and the worldwide movement of which it is a part.

The above statement was issued by the UALE Executive Board today, October 13, 2011.