Law in Contemporary Society

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  On the day of the picket, the first to arrive were not members, but two managers who planted themselves across the street to videotape us. When members arrived, we learned chants and practiced patrolling the gate to the lot, which stood in for a client’s delivery entrance. One worker drove his minivan to the gate so we could simulate a delivery. We obstructed the “truck” by patrolling and taking our sweet time to get out of its way. After the picket, I compared my attendance list to the shop list. We had 73% participation! Better yet, the picketers walked into work talking and laughing about the picket. They didn’t look scared – but the managers with the video camera did.
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<		I was relieved, and so were the three members who had helped bring co-workers to the picket. Management was less relieved. The general manager hired a guard and bolted the bathroom window shut because he thought I was using it to sneak into the plant. He also held a “fire drill” that turned into a union-bashing meeting. Fortunately, members found all funny rather than intimidating. One woman talked back to the GM at the fire drill. When the contract expired two weeks later, members volunteered to picket the plant. Seeing their managers frightened of them – simply because they had marched around like strikers – had changed their sense of who had the power.
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>		I was relieved, and so were the three members who had helped bring co-workers to the picket. Management was less relieved. The general manager hired a guard and bolted the bathroom window shut because he thought I was using it to sneak into the plant. He also held a “fire drill” that turned into a union-bashing meeting. Fortunately, members found it all funny rather than intimidating. One woman talked back to the GM at the fire drill. When the contract expired two weeks later, members volunteered to picket the plant. Seeing their managers frightened of them – simply because they had marched around like strikers – had changed their sense of who had the power.
 

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