The Union’s Demands Are Impossible!
January 24th, 2024 Barry Posted in Labor rights & Unions | No Comments »
TRANSCRIPT OF CARTOON
The entire strip features the same two characters walking and talking. The first character is a woman who keeps her black hair pulled into a bun; she has large round glasses and is carrying a smartphone. Let’s call her BUN. The second character has brown hair in a sort of pageboy with bangs, so we’ll call her BANGS.
PANEL 1
Bun and Bangs are walking on a suburban sidewalk. Bun is holding out her smartphone to show Bangs some story she’s just been reading; Bangs is reading something on her own cell phone. Bun is looking a little panicked.
BUN: Have you seen these striking auto workers’ demands? The raises they want are literally impossible!
BANGS: Actually, the news just said the car companies agreed to the union’s terms.
PANEL 2
A close up of Bun, holding up a forefinger and looking just a little smug and pleased as she makes a prediction. Behind her we can see a blue sky with fluffy white clouds.
BUN: Yeah? Well, just you wait—a year from now, all the auto companies will be out of business!
PANEL 3
A big caption at the top of panel 3 says ONE YEAAR LATER.
Time has passed, but Bun and Bangs look much the same, although they’re now in different clothing, and it’s now nighttime. They’re walking on top of a hill and talking. Both of them are cheerful in this panel.
BANGS: So last year you said auto companies would be out of business by now. Since that didn’t happen, have you rethought anything?
BUN: I never said that.
PANEL 4
Bangs is taken totally aback. Bun is looking at her smartphone and finding something new to panic about.
BANGS: What? But you—
BUN: Hey, fast food workers are on strike! A year from now, a Big Mac will definitely cost $40!
