An open letter to RNAV and NATCA:

An open letter to RNAV and NATCA:

Hello. My name is Sigrid Ellis. I was a NATCA member for twenty-five years, and now that I am retired I am a member of RNAV. I have believed my entire adult life in the power of organized action to effect change.

The people, most of them college students, occupying college campuses are trying to use the power of organized action to effect change. They are, for the most part, asking that their universities stop paying for a genocide. This is exactly the attitude and approach that we as proud union members WANT to see in the next generation of young adults. When these people graduate college they will remember the feeling of solidarity, of picketing, of boycott, of protest. They will have direct experience of the power of organized action.

They will want to join unions.

We should support these people, these very young adults, as they take their first steps towards the power of the people united. I ask that we as individuals do what we can to support the protesters near us. They need food, water, medical supplies, shelter, and money to buy those things. But more than that, I ask that NATCA make a public statement of support. The UAW is already voting on how to best support the encampments. We should do so as well.

These people are the future of organized labor. We must, as organized labor, be vocal in our praise and tangible in our support.

Thank you,

Sigrid Ellis
ZMP-retired