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guillaumeb

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33. And speaking to the members helps.

Reply to ismnotwasm (Reply #32)

Fri Feb 7, 2020, 02:24 PM

Feb 2020

I regularly spoke to members about the union in every office that I visited. I let them know that what they enjoy was not freely given to them, it was negotiated. And what is won can easily be lost if workers forget their history.

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For all of those here who speak of despair, and the end of things, please remember one thing. [View all] guillaumeb Feb 2020 OP

There are more of us than there are of them. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2020 #1

And we must remember that we are the true moral majority. guillaumeb Feb 2020 #2

He is an artist in that regard,... that is why he is so dangerous. magicarpet Feb 2020 #8

2018 showed how weak the Gop, and Trump, are in the face of an energized electorate. eom guillaumeb Feb 2020 #19

THANK YOU!!! GoCubsGo Feb 2020 #3

You are welcome. guillaumeb Feb 2020 #5

I think people who are a bit older ismnotwasm Feb 2020 #4

I am 68. guillaumeb Feb 2020 #6

Thought you were younger! ismnotwasm Feb 2020 #7

The NALC, guillaumeb Feb 2020 #14

That's pretty cool ismnotwasm Feb 2020 #20

Trump epitomizes GOP values. guillaumeb Feb 2020 #21

My daughter works for a large paper in Chicago, the Tribune, and they are negotiating guillaumeb Feb 2020 #29

It's scary ismnotwasm Feb 2020 #32

And speaking to the members helps. guillaumeb Feb 2020 #33

+1000 ismnotwasm Feb 2020 #38

I posted this elsewhere for us older DUers The Blue Flower Feb 2020 #10

You guys changed the world. ismnotwasm Feb 2020 #13

+1000s DinahMoeHum Feb 2020 #23

Yes, yes, yes! Young people really NEED to know how very attainable Hortensis Feb 2020 #37

It helps to remind myself Mme. Defarge Feb 2020 #9

I agree with your excellent summary. guillaumeb Feb 2020 #15

+ a million. And that Russia means to use our election to defeat us Hortensis Feb 2020 #11

What Russia is doing is classic asymetric warfare. guillaumeb Feb 2020 #17

Yes. And speaking of asymmetrical, I was also thinking the 4chan creeps Hortensis Feb 2020 #35

Agreed, and a good example. guillaumeb Feb 2020 #41

Brilliant post. mac56 Feb 2020 #12

They also know we won't fight dirty. So pnwest Feb 2020 #24

If only we could STOP THEM from fighting dirty FiveGoodMen Feb 2020 #30

Take a good look at the Scarsdale Feb 2020 #40

+1 treestar Feb 2020 #16

We outnumber them. And they know it. guillaumeb Feb 2020 #18

Of course they're afraid, what's that got to do pnwest Feb 2020 #22

Take heart that you, and people like you, are the majority. guillaumeb Feb 2020 #25

The blue wave is now a tsunami. Smiling while lying doesn't work anymore. pwb Feb 2020 #26

The GOP has been the minority for many years. guillaumeb Feb 2020 #27

Agreed and thank you for the reminder! pandr32 Feb 2020 #28

I am happy to do so, and thank you. guillaumeb Feb 2020 #31

Yes. More please when a buck-up seems needed. Hortensis Feb 2020 #43

hmm... bdamomma Feb 2020 #34

A good reminder. guillaumeb Feb 2020 #42

If our votes mean nothing they wouldn't be trying so hard to steal them. marble falls Feb 2020 #36

And prevent them from being cast. guillaumeb Feb 2020 #44

Well said n/t Bradshaw3 Feb 2020 #39

Thank you. guillaumeb Feb 2020 #45

educate the electorate ... Hermit-The-Prog Feb 2020 #46

Huge challenges, but we can do it. guillaumeb Feb 2020 #47

Well said. k&r n/t Laelth Feb 2020 #48

We all need to say this. guillaumeb Feb 2020 #49