fuck that.

you know it’s bad when you schedule union hearings during vacation leave – but increasingly i can not balance the work/union/life schedule without driving myself crazy with no sleep.

i have, however, managed to shake the apathy that almost saw me give advice to two members facing termination to just resign instead. i realized that in my really-scary-courtcase-induced stupor i bought into the employer’s argument rather than doing what every fibre of me says instead.

something in me twigged today when i got to work and looked at the cases on my desk – thought about my favourite case which i started three years ago and am still fighting. how can i give up on people just because my life is a bit shredded at the moment? how can we discount the work we do as union reps by selling ourselves and our members short?

fuck that, we will grieve the employer,

and

fuck the fbi because we are fighting.

when i start to swallow their lies about us, wow, is it all ever lost then 😉