Occupy Wall Street activists have protested outside several annual shareholder meetings this spring, including Bank of America, Wells Fargo, General Electric, and several others. And they are planning a full schedule of “non-violent direct action” at many more meetings in the coming months.
Prudent companies that are targeted will engage in an extensive process of preparing for this eventuality. But first, it helps to know what constitutes the perceived threat. On the surface, the common perception of Occupy Wall Street (OWS) is shaped by superficial media coverage showing a rag-tag gathering of mostly young people pitching tents in city squares like New York City’s Zuccotti Park and expressing their disenchantment with the growing economic gap between the one percent “haves” and the 99 percent ‘have-nots.”
