Just came home from the pin party we have every two years to honor brothers and sisters who've put in anywhere from 20 to 70 years of service with the Local. Got to reconnect with some old co-workers and foremen, sat with a table full of terrific apprentices, chatted with some good friends, and endured the few ever-suffering emotionally disturbed that wander aimlessly through our ranks to the bar to drink whatever it takes to make them bearable to others.
So in honor of my brothers and sisters who have given so much to each other and their industry:
O the great brave men,
The silent little brave men,
proud of their hands.
Clutching the knuckles of
Their fingers into fists
Ready for death and the dark,
Ready for life and the fight,
The pay and the memories -
O the men proud of their hands.
-Carl Sandberg
Friday, April 18, 2008
Saturday, April 12, 2008
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