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jetscreaminagain
jetscreaminagain Posts: 1,130 Member
edited October 2024 in Social Groups
I've got to go to work so I'll make it quick.

I'm a state employee. I am a therapist in a prison and have worked in the state hospital. We were shutdown for nearly three weeks because of the legislature (@prison we did work) and now we're in negotiations.

I personally have seen management abuse worker rights and experienced a very unsafe work environment. Without the union I can't imagine how bad it could get.

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  • april_beth
    april_beth Posts: 616 Member
    my name is april and im married to a union brother - the IBEW - my husband works for verizon...you know, if you have your eyes and ears open, the company that still refuses to negotiate fairly with the union *sigh* anyways, we were on strike back in august and it was *only* two weeks. i can't imagine any longer than that and me coming out with my sanity intact :)
  • jetscreaminagain
    jetscreaminagain Posts: 1,130 Member
    Welcome, April_Beth.

    That does sound REALLY hard. I'm proud to say that I switched from Verizon. Please keep us updated on what's going on. Stay strong!

    Oh, and if you'd like to be active as a volunteer here, please feel free. The amount of time I can devote to this is limited (I spend WAY too much time on MFP as it is) yet, I want there to be a place to talk about this stuff.
  • Just_Dot
    Just_Dot Posts: 2,283 Member
    Ho, I'm Amy and proud member of the DCFT. Unfortunately, I'm working under a school board that is very anti-union, and Colorado is a state that will allows a governing body to "not recognize" unions.
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