Ironworkers and Riggers fight back in California

As we all gathered for the safety meeting at 6:00 am Saturday morning, the safety man ordered everyone up to do a serries of stretches and excercises. Surprised by the lack of enthusiasm for a morning workout, The safety man singled out a few workers that chose not to perform the exercise and ordered them to go home for three days without pay. Since when is this a violation of safety? What the man didn't count on was the coworkers of the men sent home gathering their things and getting in line for the bus home behind them. Mangement has been pushing workers around and getting away with it for some time now due to the lack of jobs, but we finally reached our breaking point. We are already getting screwed out of travel pay and per diem and most of us are from out of state. When the plant operators and S&B mangement saw the support of 50 workers lined up behined the workers that were sent home, the decision was reversed. The safety man ended up quitting when he saw the mess he created. What we need to learn is there is strength in numbers. Mangement has pushed us around for long enough because they know we are in a bind because the lack of work. So I say to you all, stand together and fight back, the job can't be done without us.