Contract Negotiations

We have been very lucky to meet the National Representitive. I will call him VA. He is a very unassuming man. You would not think that he is the powerhouse that he is. He has been compared to Gerry Spence. he showed up at the start of negotiations and immediately took them over. He yelled at one party on management's side and has since controlled them. The talks have gone on for six months now. I am learning quite a bit from him. He has advised us on the ULP's. And, in fact, he wants to write a Senator and Congressman about the terror tactics used at our site. He is a brilliant man who has taught a great deal about Labor Law. He has turned us to Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. We can fight back, and we will. Retaliation and workplace violence that the management promote are nots omething that we can tolerate. And we will not