No RTO! Where is the fight for telework this year?
I've scoured the state worker reddit and I'm not seeing the same amount of passion and action that I saw last year with this fight. Last year it seemed like every hour there was a new post or update. Far more people were participating in the discussions and getting the word out. Yes the union filed another PERB complaint but why did they wait until May 13th to file it? Yes there's a new billboard campaign but again, why did they wait until May 13th to start it. Last year by April 24th, $15,000 had been raised for a billboard protesting RTO. It's now May 15th and it's not even at $4000. I remember there were also people on the "inside" (or at least they claimed to be) that were giving real time updates about negotiations and what was being discussed at the table. Again, nothing like that this year. What's going on? I feel pretty defeated like there's nothing we can do. Are we just tired? Exhausted? Giving up? I got pretty depressed over this last year so I've been trying not to think about RTO honestly but now that the dreaded date is approaching again, I got on here to see the latest from the resistance and it's disappointing.