My work hours were cut in half at the beginning of the year

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26. Thanks, I'm aware of the others involved.

I used those type of links during our strike of 2003 to inform our local papers about this practice. One of the local papers got upset by my many letters and articles correcting their views on our strike, stating they amounted to spam. We were the only grocery store in town (Mammoth Lakes, CA.) and they considered our participation in the strike as an inconvenience. One paper thought we should be forced to go back to work without a contract for the public good (that is the one that considered my letters spam). Our local police department harassed us on a daily basis. It was a small town and we knew the police personally. Yet we were approached many times while on the picket line and demanded to show ID. They would run our ID's in hopes of finding outstanding warrants or tickets. I filed a complaint and all it did was make it worse.
Both my husband (15 years) and I (five years) left safeway after our strike in protest. We didn't agree with the contract and two tier system. Even tho our new jobs are not union we still support and understand the importance of strong unions. We enjoy a decent wage because of the union.

edited to add: by the second month of our strike many of my fellow employees crossed the line and went back to work. It is a ski town and unlike Southern California there are many jobs available so no need to cross the line. This made it a very hostile work place for the few who stayed on the picket line. In fact our management was fired after the strike for their harassment during the strike.