We talk about sisters and brothers and I tell them, 'We've been looking for you. They forget their presence outside the Frontier after almost six years is itself a victory and a viable deterrent to casinos that consider bucking a union contract. The commitment of these fry cooks, maids, porters, waitresses and busboys who continue to put in their six hours on the picket line each day have cemented unions' power and influence by proving that a strike spells economic hardship. You've turned the Frontier into the national poster child for employer greed. The Frontier strikers' commitment is radical to all who do not share their world of organized labor, a foreign place that distills the noble from the base, where the drudgery of a picket line can personify human aspiration.
Labor is their lifestyle.
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