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By Our Hands: I Got Fired for Wearing a Union Button
… boards at our office at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, where I drove shuttle buses. I’d talk to drivers about our union. I wasn’t nervous, because I wasn’t doing anything wrong, but some of the managers would say, “You … made Darnell Lee into a so-called Blue Collar Millionaire while he walked all over federal law and our freedom. That’s not right. The National Labor Relations Board issued its ruling, but it’s only one small step forward. I’m not celebrating. This … by me. I won’t lie, though. Sometimes, it’s hard. But along with my union family, we’re not stopping until we make it right. And in the meantime, I’m rallying and meeting with NIH drivers and standing with working people at every opportunity. …