When I dropped into ABC last night, the mood at the Day 1 post-party was good (not this good, I guess that hap­pened after). They had already received word that negotiations–which the admin­is­tra­tions has tra­di­tion­ally refused to even engage in during work action–were going remark­ably well. I knew from my time on campus that the walkout had been a strong event. This morning I woke up to find that unlike Monday’s ses­sion, the admin­is­tra­tion hadn’t gone home before the party was over. In fact, they sat with us until we reached a ten­ta­tive deal that mooted a second day’s walkout. Which I feel a little cheated about, because today was the day I was going to spend on the picket line.

Frankly, we won.

Later this week we’ll have a full vote on rat­i­fying the con­tract, but I’m guessing that’s a for­mality. I would like to write a real post about my expe­ri­ence of the nego­ti­a­tions and the job action, and maybe I’ll have a little more time to do such things now that the union action is set­tling down. But it feels good to know we did some­thing for those who will come after. And to those folks who will labour under this con­tract I say: you’re wel­come, and remember us when you sit down at the table to set the working con­di­tions for the next lot.