"Everything seems pretty OK" and "Anyone for scrabble later?" are my favourites!

maybe a cheer about them getting paid at least double what most other students are getting paid, and thats if they have a job even....

Originally Posted by PTGregD

Why don't you just keep working and get paid your normal wage?

Agree. Best solution of all.

Originally Posted by Ian Finlay

"Everything seems pretty OK" and "Anyone for scrabble later?" are my favourites!

maybe a cheer about them getting paid at least double what most other students are getting paid, and thats if they have a job even....

Or I could just bypass the whole chanting bit and use this occasion as an excuse to pull out my socsci vuvuzela horn Let's see how long they can picket with me doing a marathon shift!

Originally Posted by michelle

While you're all out there acting like children, make sure you're only yelling at the picketers who are being douchebags. I'll be out there freezing my ass off because I can't afford not to.

If you mean we'll be acting like children by yelling things at people...

THEY STARTED IT!!!

Originally Posted by micadjems

If you mean we'll be acting like children by yelling things at people...

THEY STARTED IT!!!

Hmmm acting like children so: whining and complaining and throwing a temper tantrum cos mommy didn't give us that unicorn we wanted for our birthday?

I've said all along that I don't want to strike. I didn't vote for it, and I definitely don't think it's necessary. If I could keep working without an interruption, I would.

Originally Posted by michelle

I've said all along that I don't want to strike. I didn't vote for it, and I definitely don't think it's necessary. If I could keep working without an interruption, I would.

There are ways you could do just that. I'm not going to suggest a specific course of action, as each person's situation is different, but being on the picket line is a choice like any other.

Originally Posted by hummeld

There are ways you could do just that. I'm not going to suggest a specific course of action, as each person's situation is different, but being on the picket line is a choice like any other.

Quote for truth.

You don't need to picket... it's fairly obvious that you can continue to work.

Originally Posted by huzaifa47

Or I could just bypass the whole chanting bit and use this occasion as an excuse to pull out my socsci vuvuzela horn Let's see how long they can picket with me doing a marathon shift!

Huzaifa! We need you to break out the horn!!!! Turn this into a football match(soccer). One of the best parts of welcome week!

Originally Posted by michelle

While you're all out there acting like children, make sure you're only yelling at the picketers who are being douchebags. I'll be out there freezing my ass off because I can't afford not to.

I don't know about anyone else, but for me, this isn't about yelling at the TAs. This is about yelling random cheers so other students don't have to get yelled at by the pickets and don't have to deal with this crap.

All I'm doing is standing up for what I believe in, because students shouldn't have to deal with this since they have no say in the decision. Aren't the TAs just standing up for what their believe in?

A TA strike hurts students more than us chanting Welcome Week cheers hurts the strike, so why do you even care.

Originally Posted by Ian Finlay

Huzaifa! We need you to break out the horn!!!! Turn this into a football match(soccer). One of the best parts of welcome week!

I was thinking an air horn might be a good idea. If any TAs try to yell at me, I blow the air horn and drown them out?

Originally Posted by michelle

I've said all along that I don't want to strike. I didn't vote for it, and I definitely don't think it's necessary. If I could keep working without an interruption, I would.

In my department (Eng. Physics) there is a form you can sign to continue TA'ing. The CUPE site even mentions that it is your legal right to be a strike breaker (they just .... 'discourage' it). I think the form is department specific, but your department will likely have something similar.

I don't believe in the strike either, which is why I'm signing that form and continuing to TA along with what seems like the vast majority of my department (with the notable exception of the one guy in these threads that is also on the CUPE bargaining team).

Originally Posted by AYuen

In my department (Eng. Physics) there is a form you can sign to continue TA'ing. The CUPE site even mentions that it is your legal right to be a strike breaker (they just .... 'discourage' it). I think the form is department specific, but your department will likely have something similar.

I don't believe in the strike either, which is why I'm signing that form and continuing to TA along with what seems like the vast majority of my department (with the notable exception of the one guy in these threads that is also on the CUPE bargaining team).

From what I can tell, there's not going to be many TA's (esp. undergrads) on the picket line.

Now I have another good reason to get by the picket line as fast as possible.

I hope this doesn't turn into another headache like the Israel-Palestine thing.

Huzaifa... get low.. and let me hear you blow..

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How about a "We love you scabs" cheer?