51 year member of UAW and

[pazzyanne]

8. Been there, done that!

My school was one of the first 3 Minnesota schools to ever go out on strike. We went out 3 weeks before Christmas, temperatures hovering around 0 degrees F and wind chills at -50 degrees. After the shock wore off, the school board went back to the negotiations table. We got our first raise in 4 years, and better working conditions. We had mixed community support as was expected. Some of the community visited us on the strike line bringing hot chocolate/ coffee and cookies. Some of the community members drove by yelling profanity. Fredrick Manfred (wrote "Lord Grizzly&quot among other books, our local resident author spent time at strike head quarters cheering us on. Best of all we settled 3 days before Christmas. It was ,