Samuelsen described the mob as “smarmy, sort of entitled, spoiled, bratty occupiers,” who treated the blue-collar workers with contempt and tried to keep them from going home to their families.
Said Samuelsen, “Columbia showed an epic disregard and epically failed to protect the workforce.”
The union may be planning to sue the protesters, too, as it is working to gather security camera footage and the names of students arrested during the campus riots.
And that may be just the beginning.
George Washington University law professor John Banzhaf, who pioneered the class action litigation against tobacco companies, predicts that there will be more lawsuits against the protesters and their backers.