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Dozens of unions, including mail carriers and iron workers, took to the streets in Downtown Austin in a show of solidarity with the Occupy movement.

Ben Brenneman, a union electrician, is one of the newest faces at the nearly month long Occupy Austin Movement.

"Once they drove the economy over a cliff the money just wasn't there for loans and other things that you need to keep construction working,” he said. “"I would like to see all the unions in Austin come together to get good work back in this town to get good middle class jobs for everyone. We know that the price of food is going up, the price of gas is going up but the paychecks aren't going up."

The group marched through Downtown to the Merryll Lynch Building on Congress Avenue.

Brenneman shares the Occupy movement’s frustration with the financial system. He said the corrupt system slowed the construction industry, which put his fellow electricians and other workers out of their jobs.

"We have had a lot of trouble getting jobs in this town,” Brenneman said. “When we see the bonuses that the bankers get when we see the bailouts, it just hurts us because we can’t find work. I don’t think that's fair."

Many of the union protesters had specific grievances with the current status of the economy. Phil Bunker, Vice President of Teamsters Local 657, said he is outraged by the high number of minimum wage jobs in the state, but is optimistic about the future.

"It's not going to change this year, it's not going to change next year, but with activities of this sort, it will change," Bunker said.

Occupy Austin began on Oct. 6 and organizers say they have no plans of ending the occupation.