Good Union Members Know Their Rights
· They have the right not to work behind any picket line or to cross any picket line.
· They have the right to decide for themselves whether to walk off the job being picketed, or to respect any picket line.
· They understand that their trade may be under attack next.
· They know that a two-gate system means that they may be forced to work alongside non-union workers and they have the right not to work under such circumstances. This is true no matter how many gates the employers sets up.
Good union members are extremely careful when confronted with a picket line situation.
When a picket line is established on a job where they are working:
· They leave. They do not talk – they just leave.
· They do not hang around near the job.
· They read the picket sign as they leave.
· They know that once a picket line is established, their business agent cannot tell them what to do. But the member already knows what to do – they do not cross any picket lines!!!
· They do not allow themselves to be drawn into conversations with any one on the job site – they simply pick up their tools and leave.
When a picket line is established at any other place:
· They know that if somebody else has put up a picket line, it is because there is a labor dispute and if they expect anyone to respect their picket line, they have to respect other persons’ picket lines.
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