The picket line

I came across this unusual sight the other day. I was walking through an industrial area and there was this guy lying on a makeshift bed in front of the gate and he was holding a sign. I have no idea what it said and I did ask a friend and they said it was just another dispute. I was very surprised to see this here as I didn’t think that this kind of behaviour was tolerated but apparently it is to some degree, I mean it’s not a Tiananmen Square kind of protest……….no tanks here……..just a few golf carts with blue lights on them and I’m sorry I forgot to take a picture of that. 

I would assume from the condition of the young man on the left and the utter despair of his lady on the right that he has had an accident at work and is now unable to work and so he is no use to man nor beast, but I think it will be a very hard road to find compassion or compensation for that matter. I fear that this is a last ditch effort. I hope some good comes of it but the future for him and his family does not look very bright.

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