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In article <89Feb27.021748est.10863@ephemeral.ai.toronto.edu> tap@ai.toronto.edu (Tony Plate) writes:
>  Some TA's who feel they are treated very well by their department are on
>strike.  I feel that to not go on strike would be saying ``I'm OK, so F***
>you, Jack'' to the TA's in other departments.  It's not just the fear of
>being called a scab.  I'm not striking against my department, I'm striking
>against the administration, and I really appreciate any support (even just
>understanding) from my department in this strike (not alot seems to be
>forthcoming, but maybe that's too hasty a judgement).

As the person who hires TA's in Computer Science -- the department referred
to -- I think I have to say something here.  What I have to say is that,
first, I don't think I *do* "support the strike"; that is, I don't think
I want the union to get what it's asking for.  But, secondly, I haven't
had to make the same decision the TA's have done, about whether or not to
go on strike, and anyway I am of course in a different position from a TA,
so I think I might rationally come to a different conclusion about the strike.
But I can't see any reason for either of us to think the worse of the other.

Or, if you like, I can try to treat you right without agreeing with you,
and you can be grateful if you want while thinking I really haven't
considered the issues very carefully.
-- 
Jim Clarke -- Dept. of Computer Science, Univ. of Toronto, Canada M5S 1A4
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