The General Assembly of Occupy Boston passed the following resolution on December 3, 2011:

Occupy Boston supports the Millenium Daycare workers, and all workers like them, who are among the most disenfranchised of the 99%.

In March 2011, the Millenium Daycare Center in Chinatown closed when the owner filed for bankruptcy. The day it closed, twenty workers showed up for their shift to find the door locked and a note telling them not to come back. Last year, workers were paid once a month, but each time their paychecks bounced and they were left to pay bank penalties. They have still not been compensated for bounced checks and overtime fees. Now the owner has filed bankruptcy to absolve herself of all responsibility.

Wage theft affects the least visible and most vulnerable among us. The experience of the Millenium daycare workers reflects a common problem experienced by immigrant workers, many of whom work at-will or are otherwise unprotected by existing bankruptcy legislation. Immigrant workers in Chinatown, the Boston area, and the country have a long history of organizing for justice. After almost half a year of waiting for their pay, these workers are now planning to take public action with help from the Chinese Progressive Association, which has worked tirelessly to advocate for their right to fair compensation.

We join these workers and their allies in solidarity to speak out against wage theft as a symptom of a broken political and economic system.

This Financial Accountability Working Group proposal was consented to by Occupy Boston’s General Assembly, on 12/4/11.

Whereas, Occupy Boston has, at last count, 57 working groups listed on its website, and . . .

Whereas, the GA has previously authorized the Financial Accountability Working Group to disburse up to $100 per week to working groups, and . . .

Whereas, it is important to have a transparent process for establishing minimum standards for working group activity and membership for the purpose of receiving Occupy Boston funding,

The Financial Accountability Working Group Proposed the following process for authorizing working groups to receive Occupy Boston funds:

The process for obtaining authorization consists of three steps:

1. The working group completes an Occupy Boston Working Group Funding Authorization Form, which includes, at a minimum:
1. Name of the Working Group
2. Mission and Goals of the working group and what the working group expects to accomplish
3. Working group email address
4. Names, email addresses and phone #s of 3 working group liaisons to FAWG who will be responsible for signing off on individual funding requests*
5. Weekly meeting schedule of the working group
6. Proposed or typical expenses of the working group
2. FAWG reviews form for completeness and accuracy, and requests additional information or clarifications from the working group, if necessary.
3. FAWG reaches a decision about authorizing funding for the working group, and let’s the working group know and publishes the information on the FAWG wiki.

If a working group is denied authorization for funding from FAWG, it may ask FAWG to reconsider its decision.  If upon reconsideration, FAWG again determines that the working group does not meet the minimum requirements, as stated above, the working group may bring its proposal for funding authorization directly to General Assembly.

Once a Working Group has been authorized for funding, actual requests for funding should follow the Cash Disbursement Policy and Procedure.

Members of FAWG will sign up for all Working Group email lists to be able to monitor Working Group development and activities.

FAWG suggests that each Working Groups that is authorized for funding send a liaison to at least one FAWG meeting per month.

* WG liaisons to FAWG are simply the messengers and the WG assigned purchasing agents. Decisions on any monies to be spent are made at the WG level.

The General Assembly of Occupy Boston passed the following proposal on the morning of November 30, 2011:

Declaration of Safety and Health

Occupy Boston will be proactive and self-regulate to meet all reasonable safety and health inspection standards of the city. We also invite city and ISD inspectors to come to Occupy Boston General Assembly, our decision making body, to announce their concerns.

The General Assembly of Occupy Boston passed the following proposal on the evening of November 29, 2011:

Declaration of Occupation

We, the people of Occupy Boston, have occupied Dewey Square in the heart of the financial district, in order to express dissent over the state of our political and financial systems. We are practicing a form of horizontal participatory democracy in the shadows of anti-democratic institutions that dominate our government and our lives. Through our occupation, we are creating an exemplar society in which no one’s human needs go unmet.

The Occupy Movement has started a nationwide conversation about the realities of economic inequality and the meaning of Constitutional rights.  We are committed to living the values of transparency, equality, accountability, awareness, sustainability, and compassion as we struggle against corporate predation, injustice, and oppression. We are actively seeking to include the diverse voices of the 99%. Together, we set a precedent and provide a foothold for people to demand a truer, more horizontal democracy, in which greed has no influence.

Regardless of media spin, police brutality, or sub-zero temperatures, we will continue to peacefully exercise our first amendment rights by occupying, holding general assemblies, and planning for the American Spring. Our goal is a society that prioritizes the needs of all before the profits of the few. We are the 99%.

The following passed proposal is summarized from the minutes of the November 22, 2011 General Assembly:

Winterization proposes to use up to $1000, in addition to the same sum already received by donation for this purpose, to build 16 – 20 “Occu-bagos.” The Occu-bagos will be built on bicycle trailers and provide sleeping space for one or a few individuals, with a few kept as guest space in rotation for visiting occupiers. The building process and any design improvements will be documented and made available in the library.