RE: “Co-op will require secret-ballot union vote” [News, Oct. 3]:
This was one section I thought was worthy of note: a politician saying, “the Co-op was built on trust and goodwill, but there comes a time when that does not work.”
Yes... that gave me a LOL.
This is just a side note: Has anyone ever heard the words “un-conference” or a “un-cola”?
I thought of a new one: the “un-cooperative.”
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