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Ohio: Labor

May 21, 2009 - 10:15 am
NEWS FEED: Columbus Dispatch

Auto czar won't offer guarantees

By Jonathan Riskind

But what Montgomery won't be armed with is any guarantees that facilities such as the northeastern Ohio Chrysler plant in Twinsburg can be saved.

Montgomery, who will visit Dayton and Toledo as well as Twinsburg, joined Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, on a conference call yesterday with Ohio reporters.

The White House's director of recovery for auto communities and workers said he will bring with him Small Business Administration and Department of Commerce officials who can help with access to credit and companies trying to retool to make non-auto related products.

There will be officials to help with housing and economic-development issues, and people from the Energy and Transportation departments will be on hand to advise communities about shifting to "green" manufacturing.

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Wed, 10/29/2008 - 09:31

AFL-CIO's final GOTV push begins

By Justin Miller, PolitickerOH.com Reporter

The AFL-CIO is gearing up to make its final push to get out the vote in Ohio this week, it announced Tuesday.

The labor union and its community affiliate, Working America, is aiming to use 12,000 volunteers to knock on 120,000 doors, drop a quarter-million work site leaflets and call 180,000 households from Saturday through Election Day.

Thus far the AFL-CIO and Working America have knocked on 600,000 doors, made more than a million phone calls and mail drops and sent 4.8 million leaflets to support Democrats. 

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Wed, 10/08/2008 - 08:36

Nero: Moran bought and paid for by unions

By Justin Miller, PolitickerOH.com Reporter

[img_assist|nid=1661|title=Mike Moran|desc=mikemoran.org|link=none|align=right|width=100|height=97]After being accused of choosing Las Vegas over protecting the Great Lakes, state Rep. Richard Nero (R-Hudson) is accusing opponent Mike Moran (D-Hudson) of being a tool of the same union that pushed for paid-sick days in Ohio.

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Thu, 09/25/2008 - 11:18

UPDATED: Boccieri now delivers blow to Schuring over Employee Free Choice Act

By David DeWitt, PolitickerOH.com Reporter

State Sen. John Boccieri (D-Alliance) is hitting state Sen. Kirk Schuring (R-Jackson Township) back on the issue of the Employee Free Choice Act. Schuring hit Boccieri over the issue on Tuesday, saying that Boccieri was on the "wrong side of workers' rights."

Boccieri is now saying that Schuring's support for workers can, "Rest in Peace."

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Mon, 09/15/2008 - 11:24

SEIU hits McCain on economy with TV ad

By Justin Miller, PolitickerOH.com Reporter

The Service Employees International Union is attacking John McCain on the economy in a new television advertisement in Ohio. The ad buy covers six battleground states and costs $2.1 million.

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Tue, 09/09/2008 - 11:46

Unions: sick day issue helps in election despite initiative's removal

By Justin Miller, PolitickerOH.com Reporter

Ohio labor union officials say the paid sick day ballot initiative which will not appear on November's ballot will still benefit Democrats on Election Day because the idea of paid sick days has gained public support.

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Tue, 09/09/2008 - 11:46

Republican courts Democrats as Democrat courts Republicans in OH-16

By David DeWitt, PolitickerOH.com Reporter

Last week the Republican was touting support from labor leaders and the Democrat was talking up support from business leaders. This week they each went a step further. The Democrat is now talking up support from Republicans while the Republican touts support from Democrats.

State Sens. Kirk Schuring (R-Jackson Township) and John Boccieri (D-Alliance) seem to be taking the theme of a need for change to heart as they compete to replace retiring U.S. Rep. Ralph Regula (R-Navarre) in Ohio's 16th Congressional District.

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Mon, 09/08/2008 - 12:04

After union-backed 527 hits Stivers, campaign says Kilroy is puppet of unions

By Justin Miller, PolitickerOH.com Reporter

State Sen. Steve Stivers' (R-Columbus) campaign is painting Mary Jo Kilroy (D-Columbus) as a union puppet after the union-funded Patriot Majority 527 group started airing attack ads against Stivers today.

Stivers' campaign said Kilroy's has received $10,000 in contributions from the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, which is almost entirely bankrolling Patriot Majority.

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Thu, 09/04/2008 - 14:23

As Schuring touts labor support, Boccieri now talking up business backing

By David DeWitt, PolitickerOH.com Reporter

In a reversal of traditional roles, the Democrat in the race for Ohio's 16th Congressional District is talking up his support from local business following the Republican talking up labor support just days earlier.

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Wed, 08/27/2008 - 14:52

AFL-CIO warms up workers for Obama's Thursday speech

By Justin Miller, PolitickerOH.com Reporter

Members two United Steel Workers locals will be "blitzing work sites in Steubenville and Clarington during the day on Thursday, in the run-up to Senator Obama’s acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention," the AFL-CIO announced today.

The effort will hand out leaflets to workers and talk to them about why they should support Obama for president, as part of the AFL-CIO's Labor 2008 effort.

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