That is basically what the teachers in Vancouver are saying. They have been on strike for over two weeks now (which has been illegal since last week). Here are some things I noticed these last few days.

• On average, teachers have a strike every year. Most of them last a day long.
• This time, it’s about to bring in a general strike (the last one was 20 years ago in Vancouver) and all the union workers/supporters will go offline.
• Only teachers can generally create a hype and woop up a general strike.
• Since I’m in university, I shouldn’t be affected as my profs aren’t in unions. But the TA’s support the teachers. Bye bye tutorials.
• If you are going to support the teachers, you have to take the muffins or the cinnamon buns they are handing out.
• If you drive and pass by teachers who are protesting with signs, you should either honk or give the finger.

Teachers do not get paid (or very little from the union). The union does not get paid. The government does not get paid (except for the normal taxes and stuff). I see something fundamentally wrong with this picture here right now. Kids have been out of school for 2 whole weeks. That’s a fifteenth of a school year.

When my profs decide to hop to the picket line and all the workers decide to go home, electricity had better not go out, cause then I’m really going to be pissed.