I am very proud of all my AFT Connecticut sisters and brothers but this week I am especially proud of my home local, Backus Nurses. When their chief delegate was unjustly terminated for standing up for her coworkers and their patients, they would not be silent as management would have wished. They stood together in unity.
Their bracelets say #JusticeForJalene, but what they really say is this:
we will not be silent,
we will not be subservient,
we will not be bullied.
In addition to the support in the hospital, President Sherri Dayton and VP Jessica Harris spent 2 full days in arbitration this week with Jalene and AFT CT staff, arguing the case.
None of this would have been have possible just a few years ago before we formed a union. Back then, we had no recourse.
We just had to take it.
Now, although the outcome of arbitration is never certain, we have our day in court. And, thanks to our members in the hospital, showing their solidarity by wearing their bracelets, we have our voice in the workplace.
That solidarity is what AFT - American Federation of Teachers AFT Nurses & Health Professionals Connecticut AFL-CIO is all about. #UnionProud
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