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angrychair

(8,717 posts)
Thu Jan 24, 2019, 03:12 PM Jan 2019

National Sick Out

I think it’s time our nation made its voice heard. I think we need a nationwide “sick out” with a day of action in either a protest or volunteering (or both) to make our voices heard in support of federal employees and about how we feel about the criminal conduct of this administration.

I’m just one person but I’m willing to do my part. Isn’t that how these things start?

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National Sick Out (Original Post) angrychair Jan 2019 OP
Reminded me of Alice's Restaurant nykym Jan 2019 #1
+1 KT2000 Jan 2019 #2
Last day of February Ferryboat Jan 2019 #3

nykym

(3,063 posts)
1. Reminded me of Alice's Restaurant
Thu Jan 24, 2019, 03:32 PM
Jan 2019

You know, if one person, just one person does it they may think he's really sick, and they won't take him.
And if two people, two people do it, in harmony, they may think they're both faggots and they won't take either of them
and three people do it, three, can you imagine, three people walking in, singing a bar of Alice's Restaurant and walking out.
They may think it's an organization. And can you, can you imagine fifty people a day, I said fifty people a day walking in singin a bar of Alice's Restaurant and walking out.
And friends, they may thinks it's a movement! And that's what it is , the Alice's Restaurant Anti-Massacree Movement,
and all you got to do to join is sing it the next time it comes around on the guitar, with feeling.
So we'll wait for it to come around on the guitar, here and sing it when it does.

Thank you Arlo

Ferryboat

(922 posts)
3. Last day of February
Thu Jan 24, 2019, 05:08 PM
Jan 2019

Pleanty of time to get the word out, have discussions with coworkers and your union reps.

Medical and law enforcement maybe transportation workers should be exempt.

If this was happening in Europe they'd be in the streets by now.

Sick day, general strike call it what you want.

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