Walking the Road to Recovery in Ohio

by   |  October 10, 2008

Joe Rugola, Executive Director of OAPSE/AFSCME Local 4 and President of the Ohio AFL-CIO, has set out on a statewide walk to call attention to the costs of eight years of Bush-McCain economic policies. More than 180,000 jobs have been lost in Ohio, and nearly 1,100 plants, factories and other workplaces have been shuttered. The “Road to Recovery” tour will stop at cities throughout the state, and will include visits to closed and downsized job sites. Rugola is telling the union voters he’ll meet along the way how important it is that we elect a president who will rebuild America’s economy and bring jobs back to our country, not one who will continue George W. Bush’s failed policies.

Our goal is to highlight and demonstrate to Ohioans that there’s a reason why we’ve lost so many jobs and why our economy’s been wrecked and so many lives devastated. Our goal is to raise awareness and let people know what’s going on and that they can change it by electing Barack Obama... somebody who will put the emphasis of the country on the middle class and advance the interest of working people for a change.

Watch video from the first day of the tour in Youngstown, and read more at the AFL-CIO Now blog.

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