Talk to your Bargaining Committee Members. Talk to your coworkers and urge them to speak out. You and I may have big differences with some leaders of our union, but this is the time to work together if at all possible. Whatever we think of our union leaders, they are the leaders right now and they are what we've got to negotiate for us. In a month or two the union will conduct a strike vote, to give our leadership authorization to call a strike if Management won't consider a decent contract.
Management only listens to brute strength.
Like when you pull the cord and stop the line. Or when we threaten to stop working. On March 2, on my lunch break, I was experiencing a lot of pain in my stomach. I went to Medical and Gaye Frisbee gave me something for my pain. She told me to come back if the pain got worse.