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Cincinnati Security Officers: WE ARE THE 99%

July 16, 2012

CinPhoto.jpgWith ten Fortune 500 companies headquartered in the city, Cincinnati has more Fortune 500s per capita than New York, Boston, Chicago, and Los Angeles.

Life is good for the 1 percent in the Queen City. But how about for the 99 percent?

"They always tell us there's no money for raises, better healthcare, or the other things that the working people of Cincinnati need to have a decent life," says Cincinnati security officer Jenie Tivis.

Tivis isn't buying it. "Look around this city. I just don't see how they can say there's no money around here."

Tivis was one of some 30 security officers and community supporters who gathered in front of one of Cincinnati's prominent skyscrapers--the Atrium II Building--to call attention to the rising economic walls dividing this city.

According to security officer Robert Burns, Cincinnati wasn't always this way. "My father and all of my family--cousins, everybody--used to be in a union," Burns says. "It was a lot better. People had more money and could go see the doctor no problem."

How did they get a union? "They fought like hell for it," Burns says. "And everybody benefitted."

By taking to the streets, security officers are making sure that history repeats itself in the Queen City.