Labor unions rejected pleas for a general strike. [View all]

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/01/us-usa-occupy-may-idUSBRE8400UV20120501

Other plans for May Day included a march with organized labor starting from New York City's Union Square in the afternoon. In Washington, there were plans to march to the White House.

A text message broadcast late Monday from an Occupy Wall Street address said: "All civilians stand by for GENERAL STRIKE at 08:00. No Work, School, or Shopping. All out in the streets!"

Labor unions rejected pleas for a general strike.

Police in New York declined to say if any unusual security precautions were planned but the city's financial community was making preparations. At the Deutsche Bank building in lower Manhattan, the atrium used for much of the winter as an Occupy meeting spot was closed to the public.

If unions aren't even on the side of the 99% how will this movement ever get enough participation? I'm absolutely flabbergasted with the mood in the country about the 1% that unions are not taking this opportunity to unite with the Occupy/99%ers for the sake of the survival of both groups and all individuals involved.

The bolding is my doing, but it may as well have been bolded for the way it hit me up the side of the head.