If we demonstrate by our action, or inaction, that this kind of treatment is OK for EMU lecturers, we're telling our own bosses what they can get away with.

Though we as LEO members cannot participate in the strike—which will begin Wednesday and continue Thursday if an agreement isn't reached—we can educate our students on the issues their GSIs are fighting for before or after class, we can refuse to cross picket lines (simply find another route to your building), and, most importantly, we can make a few phone calls.