Monday, August 22, 2005
Say it ain't so Joe...
One of the more frustrating results of this lockout is that those who work in the cafeteria at our building have been laid off. It's easy to complain about having to wait eight days for strike pay, but those who are laid off have to wait two and a half weeks before they can collect E.I. benefits.
Despite that, one of the cafeteria workers showed up on Sunday with tea, coffee, and cookies for us all on the picket line. Picket duty isn't a living hell by any stretch of the imagination, but there's no way I could do it standing on my head. Visits and support make it a little easier to keep moving (or stay standing, whatever the case may be). Former provincial NDP leader and current ACTRA member, Jeremy Ackerman stopped by, took up a sign, and manned the picket lines with us as well.
I don't know if I'd be able to do this (I actually didn't today due to an overwhelming headache) if the people I was meeting weren't so great. It'd be nicer if I were meeting inside the confines of the CBC building perhaps discussing the relevancy of the latest Dilbert offering.
One of the more frustrating results of this lockout is that those who work in the cafeteria at our building have been laid off. It's easy to complain about having to wait eight days for strike pay, but those who are laid off have to wait two and a half weeks before they can collect E.I. benefits.
Despite that, one of the cafeteria workers showed up on Sunday with tea, coffee, and cookies for us all on the picket line. Picket duty isn't a living hell by any stretch of the imagination, but there's no way I could do it standing on my head. Visits and support make it a little easier to keep moving (or stay standing, whatever the case may be). Former provincial NDP leader and current ACTRA member, Jeremy Ackerman stopped by, took up a sign, and manned the picket lines with us as well.
I don't know if I'd be able to do this (I actually didn't today due to an overwhelming headache) if the people I was meeting weren't so great. It'd be nicer if I were meeting inside the confines of the CBC building perhaps discussing the relevancy of the latest Dilbert offering.
# posted by Die Brucke @ 12:39 PM 
