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Vegetable Rights!

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Long-time readers may recall that, as a child, I was indoctrinated by a fiercely anti-union household. As I’ve related in the past, the worst scolding I could get from my mother if, for instance, I did a poor job making my bed, was “Union Worker!” (I don’t think many 7 year olds experienced this). In any event, I’ve certainly been steeped in the notion that strikes are for bums, so I found this chart quite interesting, particularly since it harkens back to my childhood when the prospect of even my elementary school teachers picketing (which they did once) was quite real.