Major Frustrations

I've been in contact with the union, sent in my "I want to join" card, and am still encouraging my co-workers to sign up. I haven't given up by any means! There is going to be a huge rally of State employees this coming Wednesday; unfortunately, I have some very important career-enhancing training on Weds. that I absolutely cannot miss. I still have three years to go before I retire, and I still want a new job!!! But I've posted notices all over the place in the building . . . on the sly, of course, since we're not supposed to do this kind of thing on "State" time. But bugger them--no one else is doing a damned thing to help us.

The AFSCME reps were in the building with information and handouts a couple weeks ago. Did our HR office let us know they were going to be there? Oh, HELL NO! I found out quite by accident when I had to go pick something up from the front office! Boy, was I pissed off that none of the employees had been told. So after stopping in and saying hello to my friends there, I hightailed it back upstairs and started telling my co-workers. I hope at least some of them went down.

I'm also still telling folks that it's not too late to bang on their legislators and to do so early and often. The politicians need to know that it's NOT ok to expect us to take a pay cut, that we're already behind the inflation and cost of living curve, and that they need to find other expenses to cut. And you can bet your bippy I let them know what I think could/should be cut: the programs that support the nonproductive parasites that contribute nothing to society except more mouths that they expect us--the tax payers--to feed. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr. I won't get started on that...I WON'T get started on that....