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Dems highlight economic woes
Ohio Democrats released a study Monday, Sept. 29, that lays out economic hardship and job losses over the last eight years and places the blame on Republicans in Washington.
Since 2001, 1,087 factories and companies in Ohio have closed or had big layoffs, costing 180,264 jobs, or an average of 61 jobs lost each day for eight years, the report said. The study, titled Eight Years of Economic Paint, 2001-08, found that 83 of 88 counties have seen at least one company shutdown or layoff.
U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Youngstown, and Ohio AFL-CIO President Joe Rugola were expected to talk about the report during a 2 p.m. press call. They said in a press release that Republican John McCain has a 25-year track record of voting against working families while Democrat Barack Obama will be a “true friend” to workers.
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By Dave
September 29, 2008 5:25 PM | Link to this
Maybe the companies are union because the workers don’t think the management can be trusted. If you have good bosses, you don’t need a union. After all, the union can’t close the plant. Only the plant management can do that.By Philman
September 29, 2008 3:48 PM | Link to this
Have you noticed that the companies that are closing are union,these unions dont care about your jobs, they were the ones pushing for 7 paid sick days for all ohio workers, even the Gov. saw that was a job KILLER and begged them to pull the bill. and guess what the unions are all Democrats. not all the union members are thankfully.