I was a member of the union that recently went on strike for two days. I did not go out and picket but I did do some chants at a rally before the strike.
"What do we want?"
"Contract"
"When do we want it?"
"Now!"
And we did get our contract after two days of striking. The two days we were on strike it was both rainy and cold, but a lot of my GEO friends went out and picketed anyway.
I did have to go back to work today, and was happy about that. But, I'm not very political I think, but I do believe in the rights of the union and when we voted for whether or not to give the strike committee authorization for the GEO to strike I was of the 6 or so percent that said no. It was my first union experience and overall it was really interesting and exciting to see how the union leaders and stewards organize, because even though it wasn't for me personally a big deal, it was for the GEO and the university. Fight the power folks!
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