![]() One worker breaks, but the rest resolve to continue the strike regardless. He threatens the Ferengi with financial ruin for them and their families unless they return to work tomorrow. Liquidator Brunt from the Ferengi Commerce Authority arrives with two Nausicaan thugs to break the strike. He tries to bribe Rom into ending the strike, but Rom refuses. Quark is in a tight spot, because caving to union demands is itself a crime on Ferenginar. He calls Quark to his office and demands that he end the strike, threatening to call in all the outstanding debts that Quark owes the Federation. Sisko chews them out and wants this strike ended. ![]() When Worf crosses the picket line to patronize Quark's, O'Brien and Bashir rush after him to explain the situation, resulting in all three men getting thrown in the brig for brawling. O'Brien and Bashir watch the events unfold, supporting Rom's union. They demonstrate outside of Quark's and give slips of latinum to passersby for boycotting the bar. They present a list of demands to Quark, who refuses outright, prompting the workers to strike. The Ferengi are aghast, noting that unionizing is a high crime on Ferenginar, but Rom persuasively rallies them aboard. Rom gathers the bar employees together and drums up interest in unionizing. Worf will just have to get used to living on a space station. Worf hauls the thief to Odo's office and castigates the constable for such a lapse in security, but Odo counters that Worf's own security history on the Enterprise is not without incident either. Later, when returning from a sparring session, they catch a thief who has just robbed Worf's quarters. Dax teases him that he's in love with the ship. Meanwhile, Worf has arrived back at the station after captaining the Defiant on a mission into the Gamma Quadrant. ![]() The barkeep announces that he's cutting salaries by a third to make up for the lack of income, and no amount of begging from Rom will move him. As Rom departs from sick bay, Bashir suggests that he form a union against such strict work policies, a notion that Rom finds scandalous. As Quark bemoans his lack of business, Rom passes out from an ear infection that he's let slide for weeks because Quark won't give him any sick leave. "Workers of the world, unite!"It's the Bajoran Ritual of Cleansing, a full month where Bajorans abstain from worldly pleasures, so the bar is virtually empty. ![]()
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