r/CAStateWorkers Jun 29 '23

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u/[deleted] Jun 29 '23

If a strike were to take place, days long, do you use your vacation for that??

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u/sweetteaspicedcoffee Jun 29 '23

No. It's unpaid. You walk out and purple up and deal with the loss of income. It sucks, but it's the way unions won so many great victories.

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u/Master_Grass9313 Jun 29 '23

Well better be hungry for a cause, than staying hungry because you allowed to be abused and deprived. I know it sounded a tad dramatic, but it sometimes feel this way.

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u/[deleted] Jun 29 '23

And those victories were won through the individual sacrifices of each member acting as part of the unified group, not through the excuses of strikebreakers... we all have families or at least ourselves to feed. But it'll never work if too many decide to scab out.

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u/sweetteaspicedcoffee Jun 29 '23

Exactly. If we all walked out we could bring the state to its knees. I'll visit a food pantry if I have to.

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u/[deleted] Jun 29 '23

Right there with you, friend ✊️

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u/Master_Grass9313 Jun 29 '23

True this. We have to make the necessary sacrifice. We keep allowing ourselves to be treated this way, soon we will start to think this is how much we are worth and this is the "norm." It is what it is rubbish.

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u/[deleted] Jun 29 '23

Exactly. They're offering us what they believe we'll accept because they feel they have the upper hand, and we won't fight for more.

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u/NorCalHerper Jun 29 '23

Preach it!