Primo: This labor organization is having candidate meetings next Wednesday.
Me: So?
Primo: This is where they decide if they are going to endorse you.
Me: Oh.
Primo: So it's important that I go.
Me: Why does an endorsement matter so much?
Primo: By endorse, I mean, "Tell their members to vote for certain candidates."
Me: Ah. Yes. Then you need to go.
Primo: They have two sessions. One from 9:00 to 11:00 and the other from 3:00 to 5:00.
Me: That's it?
Primo: Yep.
Me: So --- if you actually have a job - especially a labor or union kind of job - the kind where you get paid by the hour for journeyman work or something like that --
Primo: Uh huh.
Me: You either can't go or it costs you money to go.
Primo: Exactly.
Me: So they really don't care if working people run for office, do they?
Primo: Doesn't look like it.
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I work shift work, 9-11 will catch the people who work evening shifts and 3-5 will catch the ones who work morning shifts. Jobs that require appointments, plumbers and such, would have to not schedule work though and that could be rough.
ReplyDeleteOK. That makes a lot of sense. So they should have had the hours they had but also have something in the evening for the people working the day shift.
DeleteYeah, I think one more (6-8 maybe) would cover all the bases.
DeletePerhaps get in touch w/the organizers and ask why those hours were picked and if there are other events planned at other hours.
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