USW Local President Ron Davis: Helping Lead Ohio in a Critical Election Year

[Omaha Steve]

http://blog.aflcio.org/2008/04/11/usw-local-president-ron-davis-helping-lead-ohio-in-a-critical-election-year/

by Seth Michaels, Apr 11, 2008

Ben Waxman, the state director for the Ohio AFL-CIO, sends us this report.

All across Ohio, workers are gearing up to turn around America. Union members made up one-third of the record-breaking turnout in Ohio’s March 4 primary, and now they’re getting trained, mobilized and energized for November and beyond.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ao8zMV2IPjc

In the coming weeks, AFL-CIO union members will get trainings on key issues like health care and the economy, so they can communicate with their fellow workers and carry out an unprecedented mobilization to elect worker-friendly candidates.

At the heart of this effort are local labor leaders and activists like Ron Davis.

FULL story at link.