Thanking Labor Organizations for their support
As a past member of the AFL-CIO for over 18 years, I am proud to announce that our campaign continues to gain momentum receiving endorsements from the following groups and organizations representing working men and women in District 46:
Ohio Federation of Teachers
International Longshoremen's Association, AFL-CIO
NW Ohio Building and Construction Trades Council
Ironworkers, Local 55
Sheet Metal Workers International Association, Local 33
We're also proud to have received the endorsement of the Ohio Democratic Party as well as the Lucas County Democratic Party
We have also been recommended for endorsement at the state level by the AFSCME Ohio Council No. 8 AFL-CIO and the Toledo Area AFL-CIO Council.
I will stand strong for issues important to our working men and women including support for a living wage and collective bargaining rights. In March 2006, the Republican majority rushed through a workers compensation "reform" bill (reducing benefits for injured workers) and attached an amendment to raise the minimum wage to $5.15, bringing it in line with the Federal minimum wage passed a decade earlier. This represented a "slap in the face" to Ohio's workers and illustrated how out of touch our present leadership (?) is in Ohio.
I'm proud to say that I will work for an Ohio in which those who choose to work hard will be rewarded and I also will work to see that all Ohioans can make a decent living and be able to raise their families with dignity. Let's work together to reverse the trend of the past decade which has seen hundreds of thousands of good paying jobs leaving Ohio while corruption has run rampant in our state. We can do better on jobs, education, health care and the list goes on.
Thank you and good evening.
Mark
posted by Mark @ 8:29 PM
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3 Comments:
Mark, I am sure that your list of labor endorsements will only continue to grow! We need a fighter for District 46. Keep shining the light on the lack of results that this current crew in Columbus has for their record. The only thing that they have achieved is to line the pockets of their contributors at the expense of the Ohio taxpayers.
LCD...
Thanks for the words of encouragement. As I speak with more people on a weekly basis, I hear their furstration with the present leadership in Columbus and I also can sense their yearning for a fresh start in Ohio.
Although these folks are not vocal, they represent an undercurrent of discontent that the current leadership fails to recognize.
Many tell me they are angry with the shenanigans going on in our great state and they realize that Governor Strickland will need Democrats elected in the House and Senate in order to turn Ohio around. With the help of working men and women, we'll move forward to advance the cause of ordinary tax-paying working men and women who are fed up with the "business as usual" approach they've seen over the past decade.
Let's make progress on a solution to public education funding, health care, and jobs.
Thanks for your response and have a good evening.
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