E-mail response was just as enthusiastic. One of us quipped that our resolve was due to our being so marginalized already within the Times. We critics may have been more sure of ourselves, but we still faced an occupational hazard that I, for one, had difficulty overcoming. We learned a tremendous amount about how the Times, especially, conducts its business. Between picketing, writing for the Union Record and doing any freelance work I could find, I was at it 60 to 70 hours a week.
Strikers blame management.
Management blames the strike. The paper has lost some talented people, and feelings, reportedly, are still raw inside the building. I can't verify that directly. I haven't been called back to work yet.