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May 1, 2008
May Day
Happy May Day!
Let's say... international workers' day, the one year of the day the nurse got fired last year, and the day after we settled the Scranton contract. If you had told me then that all that happened this year would happen, I would have:
a) fallen on the floor laughing
b) said, "Are you f*&Ng serious?"
c) briefly considered joining the French Foreign Legion
d) figured that in the end, I'd decide it was all worth it.
Let's see... two of the major characters in my life were not on my radar screen at all back then, though both were supporting actors in major dramas of my past, both, to one extent or another, playing the villian. And the two major characters of the year, the twins, were in no way sure bets, either for organizing wins or contract victories. Now the twins are away at school, and it feels like the first day of the rest of my life. I ate some brewers yeast soup, which seems appropriate.
The nurse who got fired has a better job than the one he got fired from, the twins have their union and great contracts, the leadership of those unions is growing and changing and makes me feel so proud to be an organizer. My staff is growing and changing and passing every test of their organizing skill with flying colors. Edward and I haven't killed each other, and as our president said at our annual assembly in introducing us, "Together, they are a formidable team." MR is fine, we've had our struggles, but we're very, very happy.
My cat continues to insist that he hasn't been fed in weeks, minutes after we feed him.
CR is CR and always will be and I'll write more about that later, but for now, happy May Day. Workers of the world unite. But beware of the cheese plate.
Posted by april at May 1, 2008 3:36 PM
Comments
Great work April! PLEASE run for office!! You bring so much more REAL hope than that bullsh*tter Obama with his racist pastor.
Posted by: gbr at May 1, 2008 7:23 PM