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When Mr. Burns cancels the dental plan just as Lisa needs braces, Homer convinces his co-workers not to give up the plan and becomes the new head of the union.  Homer leads his co-workers in a strike, and holds out even after Burns cuts out power, and ends up striking a deal with Burns.

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The Simpsons
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The Simpsons Season 4 Episode 17 Quotes

Boy: You can't treat the working man this way. One day we'll form a union and get the fair and equittable treatment we deserve. Then we'll go too far, and get corrupt and shiftless and the Japanese will eat us alive!
Mr. Burns' Grandfather: The Japanese!? Those sandal-wearing goldfish tenders? Bosh! Flimshaw!
Years Later
Mr. Burns: If only we'd listened to that boy, instead of walling him up in the abandoned coke oven.

Kent Brockman: Tonight on Smartline, the power plant strike, Arglebargle or Fufferella. With us tonight our plant owner C.M. Burns, Union Kingpin Homer Simpson, and talk show mainstay Dr. Joyce Brothers.
Dr. Joyce: I brought my own mic!