A D.I.Y. RA.
I did what I thought I was supposed to do.
I thought that one concrete way that the Illinois Education Association could support our brothers and sisters in Wisconsin, and help ourselves, was to boycott all consumer products that the billionaire brothers Koch make.
At the IEA RA three weeks ago I wrote up a New Business Item. No drama. No battles over the microphone with Ken Swanson. I wore my orange sweater just in case. But I moved its adoption and my colleague seconded my motion.
Another delegate asked if it could be amended to include Wal-Mart and other anti-union corporate funders. I said
