Solidariday

It was a good day out there today. A whole new generation is being schooled on the meaning of solidarity and the purpose of unions. While no one wants the lock out to keep on, we are happily receiving a wonderful level of support from other unions and the community at large.

For example; Today we had free somosas donated by someone (someone fill me in if you know who) and free pizza donated by a local business (again if you know who the donor was let me know so I can give credit where it's due). Buzz Hargrove and the Canadian Auto Workers came out to the line and donated $25,000 to the strike fund. Then a number of bands donated their time to entertain locked out workers (something that is apparently going to become a once a week occurance on mondays) CMG went to support the Hospitality Workers in their rally in front of the Royal York and on Friday the Hospitality workers are having a Bar-B-Q for us in Simcoe before Jack Layton speaks.

I hope that the lessons of this lockout stay with people long after it's over and that CMG becomes more active in supporting other unions.