Some of  New York City’s largest unions and community groups are joining the “Occupy Wall Street” protests. For three weeks a core group of 200 to 300 people have kept a constant vigil on Wall Street to hold the financial industry accountable for the schemes and reckless games that led to the economic collapse. (Follow the action on Twitter with the hashtag #occupyWallStreet.) You can support the protestors by donating so they can buy pizzas to keep up their campaign. To donate, click here.

This morning, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka expressed support for the protests. Earlier this week, more than  700 uniformed pilots, members of the Air Line Pilots (ALPA) , took to the streets outside of Wall Street demanding better pay.

The executive board of the New York Transit Workers Union/Transport Workers Local 100 voted unanimously to support Occupy Wall Street. Local 100 has 38,000 active members and covers 26,000 retirees, according to its website. 

Responding to a question after his speech at the Brookings institution this morning, Trumka said:

"I think being in the streets and calling attention to issues is sometime the only recourse you have because…you can go to the Hill, and you can talk to a lot of people and see nothing ever happen.

Wall Street is out of control. Calling attention to it and peacefully protesting is very legitimate way of doing it. I’ve done it thousands of times myself and I’ll do it again."