Scabs and crossing picket lines

[tavalon]

12. I get all of this and yet,

until I've walked in the shoes of a mother trying to feed her children, I cannot look down upon her if she chooses to be a scab. I just can't. But those who don't need to be scabs are everything you just described, in spades.

I remember when I got that first fax for working a strike in California (California nurses rock!), my eyes almost popped out of my sockets. I couldn't believe how much money they wanted to throw at me. And they used the line that the patients needed nurses (not mentioning that the patients had been moved to other facilities because strikes are never called with no notice - nurses care).

I looked at the piece of paper and spat on it, then I threw it in the recycle.

This was easily 15 years ago. I'm sure they are offering double that now, but I pray I am never in a situation where that is my only option. I couldn't look myself in the eyes.