Co-op Strike - the union has crossed the line, and I'm going to as well

That's it. Today, they wanted us downtown, harassing people around the FCL buildings and had us handing out absolute garbages flyers. I'll try to post a link to them.

They included the CEO of FCL's PERSONAL CELL PHONE NUMBER! With encouragement to text him your feelings about the strike.

I'm horrified by the union, by some of my coworkers, and I will not stand on this side of the line anymore.

I'm not sure how to do this, but here's the garbage they wanted us to hand out: https://imgur.com/a/3XS8jUX

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ETA: Whew boy.

- I misspoke - I was frazzled after a really crappy day. Meant Coop, not FCL.

- I suppose he could have a second cell? I guess? But you can't text an office number, and frankly, publishing someone's phone number and telling people to text it is skeevy.

- I'm not sure who's "boots I'm licking" but as my post history shows, I've tried to be really objective and think critically about this, and this put me over the edge. It's embarrassing, really honestly just stupid behaviour and I cannot believe that anyone would look at handouts like those and say "man, am I smart to support these people in representing my best interests". It's like letting the playground bully be principal.

- Of course I'm anonymous. You think I'd take the risk of the gross things being said here to me (in responses and DMs) cross into my real life? That I would let this union and my fellow employees know that that I had doubts (and now that I no longer support this union)? Good god, I've seen how they've treated people who've crossed. Of course I'm anonymous.

- I wish it hadn't gone this way, that it had been about two tier wages and not...everything we've seen happen, but I can't in good conscience support an organization this horrifyingly stupid. We're fighting for equal wages for all - what about equal voices? Equal respect? Why are only certain opinions okay? Why are we not accountable for being truthful and factual? Nope. I'm done.

ETA 2: We googled the number (none of us are asshole enough to call potentially someone's personal number garnered from a sketchy handout...sorry) and got zero results. I would expect that if it were a publicly available phone number, it would be searchable, it would show up in some directory somewhere, attached to organization or event or something. Make your own decision but this absolutely crosses a line for me.

Posted Dec 6, 2018, 1:04 AM UTC · edited

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