A few who said they were ready to be roped up were sent back to basic knot-tying class when their skills didn't match their teacher's standards. A few come and they are really gung-ho, and they want to skip all the safety stuff. Most have more respect for danger. The group's executive director, Kelly Quirke, said the Home Depot campaign included protests targeted at stores, stockholders, customers and suppliers. The company, however, said the protests did not influence its decision.
People are outraged.
Our job is to find a way to trigger that outrage. There are a lot of people with bones to pick with the WTO, and they have different goals. We're not going to change that. We're going to give them better tools to accomplish those goals, safely and peacefully. Labor unions interested The protests are expected to include organized labor, and three members of the steelworkers union locked in a yearlong battle with Spokane's Kaiser Aluminum were attentive students.