Swinging on the Fraed Rope Trigger

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Registered: 03-25-2003
Swinging on the Fraed Rope Trigger
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Tue, 04-13-2004 - 10:01pm
Yes it is me. I know I said I would not come back but here I am again. Lets just say things are not going great but never have for me.

To say the least this has been a very long and difficult semester for me, it is my last and I am suppost graduate next month. If it happens. You see I have known for a while now that both the faculty and matinance staff have been working without a contract for well over a year and a half now. I have also known that there was always a possiblity of a strike. But what I was not ready for was this morning in one of my classes the Instructor announced that it was highly possible that next week the teaching faculty would be going out on strike and since it was agreed upon the matinance staff would also go. BOOM the bomb was dropped.

With everything else that is going on in my life right now this is the last thing I need. I do not have a job waiting for me. I have no resume, and I have nothing to put on a resume that would be acceptable. I have nothing to show for myself. I have no hope of getting a decent job.

I am swinging on that fraed rope over the bottomless pitt.


Thank - you for listening to me.

Take care of yourselves.

Hugs,

Cathy

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Wed, 04-14-2004 - 8:50am
Hi Cathy. I hope the situation gets resolved and cleared up. I dont really understand strikes and all that, but I think a lot of them are unnecessary. If they do go on strike, hopefully it will be for a very short time.

All the best to you, good luck and take care :)

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Registered: 11-18-2003
Wed, 04-14-2004 - 10:17am


Cathy,

First I want to say that I am glad that you came back here....know that we are always here for you.

The strike I hope that they can get to negotiating very soon and get a contract that the union approves of maybe they may even start to negotaite a contract before they have to strike I have heard of that happening before.

I am sorry that you are going thru so much right now I can only imagine how stressful it all is for you, and please dont say you have nothing to show for yourself, that is not true we all have something to show for our selves it just may not be apparent to us but others see it.

I wish the best for you honey and I am keeping you in my thoughts.

Erin