I am in an interesting situation at work because we are a union plant and our union, IBEW Local 66, endorsed Barack Obama and Joe Biden. Normally this wouldn’t be a big deal, except that the operators and maintenance personnel here are very pro-union, but they are primarily very right-wing, "Christian", rural, white people from Southeast Texas.
Let’s just say that I am in the minority here in more ways than one. Anyway, we are allowed to place one union sticker on our hardhats. Although it was almost suppressed, there is an "IBEW supports Obama/Biden" sticker, which I wear proudly on my helmet. You can imagine the looks I have received and the comments I have heard.
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