Get on the Bus

One of our guys fires back: "You guys just walk out on a building. We're walking out on 200,000 people."

The room quiets down for a moment, and the IBEW man shakes his head and says, "Nothing good can come out of a strike if they're long. If they settle with you, you sure know it won't be retro."

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Seconds later, an elderly gentleman walks in. He looks gingerly around the room. "I was out for almost two years during the Austin Hormel strike. I was mayor of Austin at the time. I'm retired and I just got off volunteering on the picket line. What else can I do?"

Good question. He gets rustled off to the business office without a moment to lose.

Feel like you're missing the bus? Have a strike story to tell? E-mail Cecile Cloutier at chefcmc@aol.com, or post comments atbabelogue.citypages.com:8080/strikeblog.