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Forming a Union

Norma: What is this?

Jimmy: It’s a Flyer for a meeting I’ve called to talk about forming a Labor union here.

Norma: Here? Do you think the Management will let us?

Jimmy: They can’t stop us. We’re working longer and longer hours and we need To demand higher pay. We also need better Work conditions and A say in hiring and firing procedures. All of us need To band together to have better Bargaining power.

Norma: I don’t know. I want to be better paid and to have Job security like everybody else, but I’m afraid of what will happen when we start Agitating.

Jimmy: I’ll tell you what will happen: The management will finally hear what we have to say. With Collective bargaining, the Rank and file will get what we deserve, At long last. Are you In or out?

Norma: I’ll have to think about it.

Jimmy: He who hesitates is lost.

Norma: Yes, but I was always taught To look before I leap.



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Forming a Union