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Your Candy Heart Says "Get Real"

You're a bit of a cynic when it comes to love. You don't lose your head, and hardly anyone penetrates your heart. Your ideal Valentine's Day date: is all about the person you're seeing (with no mentions of v-day!) Your flirting style: honest and even slightly sarcastic What turns you off: romantic expectations and "greeting card" holidays Why you're hot: you don't just play hard to get - you are hard to get

What Does Your Candy Heart Say?

OK OK...DO ME!!!

I try to avoid these things...but...baaaaaa

CUPE and Me

SO...

The union is asking for an illegal strike action on Tuesday. Management has come down and officially "reminded" us that unless our time off has been pre-approved, our attendance is "expected"...or from the head lawyer "REQUIRED" of us.

We won't even go into about how I feel about being told I am "REQUIRED" to attend court...I advised my supervisor that I haven't made up my mind yet. Frankly, I need to read the bill myself and simply have not had the time. I know why too much about psychology and the media to buy into the hype being offered from both CUPE and the OMERS people.

I do support the need for solidarity as a part of belonging to a Union and recognize that it's important for the Unions to present a show of stregnth. It's clear to me that the government should be listening and reexamining the bill. HOWEVER, I am a member of this particular union by circumstance of employment, not by conscious choice. I see the need for a union in my industry and support the efforts they are making. However, most of my co-workers do not have any idea of the value of a union and would likely opt-out if given a choice.

Factors in my decision process?

-fellow union member who 'advised' me that if I did not participate the union would never back me up if I needed them, when asked how they would know if I didn't participate as they have no right to my attendance sheet, she told me I'd have to go to Toronto on the bus with them, I politely declined and said, if I was participating it would be out of MY sense of need to participate and I'd make my own way there and back and not even neccessarily SEE anyone from my local
-fellow union member who advised me that I can not be penalized for participating - I had to remind her it's an illegal action and we can ALL be penalized if the agency so desires, even if it is just a letter in our file - that would a formal reaction, it's the informal reaction to participating that you can't prepare for and would never be able to prove
-irritation at some of the information that has been shared by the union that raises questions in my mind...if TRUE, I'm upset... however, they sound almost "too good to be true"...generally I find the government is usually smarter than being that blatently obvious...
-committment to the caseload that I represent that are in court on Tuesday. I have 6 matters in court. I 'should' be there
-irritation at the EXPECTATION by the Union that we will attend simply because it is the issue du jour. I have been at the agency since May, and besides the intro meeting - no one has taken the time to arrange any kind of further information session about the Union's role about out jobs. Unlike many "new hires", I am not fresh out of school and have sat on both sides of the union table...so I've actually READ our entitlements, most of the people I work with, haven't, and do not have the experience. The Union does NOT do a good job of selling itself to those who should be it's strongest supporters...

Damn me... for the activist I am at heart and in my mind and the lazy brat I am in actuality!!

Be afraid...be VERY afraid

zagatto is being creative in the kitchen.

with muffins, and jello mix, and maple syrup....