So... graduate teaching assistants at Yale have voted to go on strike beginning Monday (I didn't vote- I'm not a TA).
The strike vote itself was actually sort of frustrating- all of the public debate about the terms of the strike seemed to be just for show- most people had voted and left before the discussion really got underway. On the whole, I found myself agreeing more with the anti-strike arguments (generally questioning the union's ability to strike effectively right now) than those representing the pro-strike perspective (lots of idealism and rhetorical nonsense).
I'll still be out on the picket lines nest week regardless. While I probably wouldn't have voted to strike myself, I can't not support students who are raising their voices to protest pay inequality and unfair hiring practices.
Hey, who knows? Maybe I'll get arrested for civil disobediance- that would be pretty funny.
The strike vote itself was actually sort of frustrating- all of the public debate about the terms of the strike seemed to be just for show- most people had voted and left before the discussion really got underway. On the whole, I found myself agreeing more with the anti-strike arguments (generally questioning the union's ability to strike effectively right now) than those representing the pro-strike perspective (lots of idealism and rhetorical nonsense).
I'll still be out on the picket lines nest week regardless. While I probably wouldn't have voted to strike myself, I can't not support students who are raising their voices to protest pay inequality and unfair hiring practices.
Hey, who knows? Maybe I'll get arrested for civil disobediance- that would be pretty funny.
I could never cross a picket line.