Not an steward, but am pushing past nervousness to encourage coworkers to join/vote yes tomorrow & attend the call tonight

I an not a steward, but I am a dues paying member in seiu. My agency is one of the better ones, but I know that is not the case for many state workers out there struggling to pay their bills, afford groceries, put gas in their tanks, etc.

Despite my social anxiety, I am going around person to person in my agency today and encouraging people to vote yes tomorrow or join (even if temporarily) to vote yes. Even three people voting yes could make the difference between the state actually coming to the table in good faith or continuing to string us along and write us off. I genuinely believe that our voices can send a message and that we can make the state hear us. I joined a few of the last pickets and was there July 1st all day to help state workers be heard. I am not very outspoken, I tend to avoid being pushy or talking to people, but this MATTERS.

Our union has reason to believe that we can move the state to treat us like human beings by voting yes to a strike. That MEANS something! We need to back our union up or the state will continue to balance the budget on our backs time and time again.

We cannot give up. Please, vote yes tomorrow for all the state workers out there struggling to make ends meet.