Quick note from the Picket Line

well, here is a quick note from the picket line.... my first night time picketing... and i can tell you without a doubt that resolve is very high!!!! walking the picket line in the night time is a very different experience. not as much action in terms of people going in and out, not as much chatting with them , bitter cold wind as you picket. i can tell you this! you have to really want to be on the line... it is cold and hard work. yet night after night there are members that do it and they do it for one reason only....because they want a contract and they want to go back to work and give the patients the care they deserve. the way i look at it, and you probably wouldn't have an argument from the people i talked to, it's not that hard. all we want is for sutter to sign the contract that was proposed by the federal mediator. they are the ones that are holding things back, depite what you may hear from them.

i also could not help but notice, how much more support we are getting from the streets of cars honking, giving the "thumbs up", saying things like "hang in there". i am getting more support by total strangers who are passing by than my own employer, from whom i get no support at all.

i'm over this ugly strike, sutter, just sign the darn contract and let us get back where we belong.... TO WORK, WITH A SIGNED CONTRACT!!! signed by you that is, we have already agreed to sign it. so no matter what things you say the truth is YOU,SUTTER... are responsible for the deplorable conditions and for the poor patient care that is going on inside on a daily basis.

-- emily stone

Comments

[B]

Emily,

Good luck, the community supports you. I posted some strike info on my blog, and also cross-posted on the dailykos.com , a progressive blog which gets huge traffic (and has hundreds of Bay Area members). You might want to consider posting there yourself and help get the word out.

[emily stone]

thanks B, for the support. was nice to get a response back. will check out the website you mentioned. i am new to blogging.... lots of new experiences have come to me since i have been on strike. getting to know new people, writing a blog for the first time and getting arrested. wonder what will come next?????