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McCain coming to Ohio; AFL-CIO ready to “greet” him
John McCain, the all-but-certain Republican candidate for president, is expected in Columbus on Wednesday, May 14, for a fundraiser and on Thursday, May 15 for a speech.
The speech is expected to lay out policy proposals “across the spectrum of issues to put forth a vision of what a future McCain administration will look like,” his campaign said.
The AFL-CIO is getting ready to give McCain, an Arizona senator, an unfriendly welcome.
Ohio AFL-CIO President Joe Rugola plans a conference call with reporters on Tuesday, May 13, to denounce McCain trade policies.
Also, on Saturday, May 17, an estimated 1,000 union volunteers plan to visit 25,000 Ohio home to “make sure that union families know that Sen. McCain’s record on issues like trade is not in line with working people’s priorities,” a statement from the AFL-CIO said.
Jeff Sadosky, McCain campaign spokesman, said that Ohioans know the AFL-CIO’s attacks on McCain are about partisan politics, not protecting the middle class.
“Ohio’s families are hurting and they need a candidate with the toughness and credibility to bring about the changes our economy needs to get back on the right track, not empty promises and partisan politics from third party special interest groups and their candidates,” Sadosky said in an email.
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By PLEASE!
May 16, 2008 11:53 AM | Link to this
Just to educate you TRS 1 out of 7 plants that has closed in Ohio since 1996 has been a unionized plant here in Ohio. You need to get the facts instead of just speaking about what you no very little about. My plant closed (not union) in 1996. We made about $14 per hour and they moved to Mexico and paid about $1 per hour. My next job (not union) was outsourced to India (we made $13-India $2) and my present job is union and frankly the leadership of this local has done everything they can to keep these jobs in Ohio. We work harder and smarter to try and keep them here. But who knows maybe my next job will be delivering pizza’s with you.By TRS
May 12, 2008 11:39 PM | Link to this
At an important time in history, unions had a place; yet, think for a moment if the unions of the manufacturing segments had been reasonable in the past 3 decades. Perhaps there still would be a strong manufacturing base in this country. The smokescreen they are trying to create that NAFTA is the root of their problem is just plain silly - they had ruined GM, Delphi and many others with their short sightedness and greed long before NAFTA can around. When a union makes the comment that all the good paying jobs are gone, they need only look in the mirror find out why - in essence, they took the food right out of the mouths of their own children. Now they want their power back. Want to see even more jobs go overseas?By Union Buster
May 12, 2008 8:02 PM | Link to this
These are the same union thugs that got Marc Dann elected, so what did they get for their money ?By Rick Burkart
May 12, 2008 6:43 PM | Link to this
No! The AFL-CIO giving a Republican a bad time; say it ain’t so?