This morning greeted us with some much needed rain. By the afternoon, we had some wonderful downpours, clearing the dust and grit off our streets, and providing some much appreciated watering of our lawns, gardens and, of course, our beautiful River Valley park system.
Best of all, it meant we had a quiet day.
The picketers were here this morning to block the security vehicle of replacement workers. Then they left and didn't come back.
I love a good downpour!
As for our situation, who knows? I hear negotiations got cancelled last night. AUPE has been threatening Artspace members with retaliatory action if things did not go their way. Does this count? Who knows. After all, they've made such threats before, including telling the police that over 100 AUPE members would be showing up during the mock funeral, which was originally planned for outdoors. This resulted in the police diverting uniforms to Artspace to make sure nothing happened.
Not a single picketer showed up (it rained that day, too), resulting in a waste of police resources.
Just another example of their psychological abuse tactics against Artspace members. They make all sorts of threats, some of which they follow through with, some of which we don't. Since this is our home, we have no choice but to take precautions, unlike the picketers, who can choose whether or not to be here, then go back to their homes and families as if nothing has happened.
A psychology student could write their thesis on AUPE's abuser tactics.
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