The cats of the Christian Cheese dairy have abandoned their work posts to carry picket signs and protest what they see as unfair working conditions. As the official taste testers of Christian Cheese, the cats could potentially slow down production and reduce the percentage of happy children who come to the farm to play with the cats.
The strike started on Monday, after the cats marched into the office of their supervisor and declared that they should receive a larger portion of Christian Cheese out of every batch to taste. When the cats were turned down, they left the office and began to protest outside of the dairy. Marcos, the official spokesperson of the protesting cats, talked with me on that rainy Tuesday while behind him the rest of the cats marched, held signs, sang chants, and demanded solidarity of all members of the working class.
“This isn’t just about the Christian Cheese,” Marcos said, licking his paws, “this is about the integrity of the worker. All of us here have paid our dues to society. We deserve respect. We work hard, we look cute, we get carried around and petted by small children, we sleep 16 hours a day, we taste test the milk and the Christian Cheese. And we’re good, you know, we’re good at what we do. Without the working class, this society would crumble.”
As I stand with Marcos on the gravel path, taking down notes on my legal pad, the cats begin to take up a chant and I’m momentarily distracted.
Marcos confronts a union busting chicken.
When I asked Marcos of the difficulties they faced in the strike, he mentioned that there was a rumor going around that Jezebel, the mastiff security chief of the Christian Dairy, was hiring union busting chickens to break up the strike and ruin cat solidarity. Marcos, however, did not seem worried.
“That dog never liked us cats anyways,” he said, “and those chickens are a wily, flighty bunch. They’ll work for anyone, and they know nothing of loyalty. The cats will stand strong, and we shall prevail.”
Tags: cat, cheese, Christian Cheese, Farm Life, fire chicken
February 26, 2010 at 10:15 am |
Hopefully the cats will stay civil as no one wants a repeat of the riots of 06; overturned milk bowls, shredded cheese (though good on nachos), and the infamous naked cat walk in the middle of airport road. I’m afraid that if things get that bad again that Jezebel will send in her sadistic sidekick Sadie for a gas attack…and NO ONE WANTS THAT!!!
February 26, 2010 at 11:11 am |
Go cats!
February 26, 2010 at 5:21 pm |
You are brilliantly hysterical.
April 24, 2010 at 8:32 pm |
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