I am retired and a grandparent now. I worked under a CWA contract for 37 years and proud of it. My story is about my father and unions. My dad was a truck driver in a non union company. The time came when the drivers at this company decided to organize and join the Teamsters. They were harassed by the company and even threatened with job loss. Even so, the union was voted in. Being a kid of about 10 or 11 years old, I asked my dad, “Why all the effort to get into a union?” I will never forget his response, “Son, every year at Christmas, the company gave us a ham or turkey. Now, with union wages, I can buy my own ham or turkey.”
