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Thousands Join New York City Protest “Line” Against Unemployment

HeadlineMar 07, 2012

Thousands of demonstrators turned out in downtown New York City on Tuesday to form a three-mile line in order to draw attention to high unemployment. Known simply as “The Line,” the protest stretched from Wall Street to Union Square, with demonstrators carrying pink slips to represent the estimated 14 million unemployed people in the United States.

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