I am responding to the "Union gravy train has left the station" letter of April 3.
I would like to answer your questions about Brad Strong. The rally was at 5 p.m., and I know of no schools in our area that are in class at 5 p.m. And I believe his personal days are his business, as yours are your business.
Addressing the closing of local factories: I am a retiree of the Mansfield General Motors plant. I never went to work with a "radical mindset." You are labeling union workers for no good reason. For the 30 years I worked at GM, I saw those "radical people," as you like to call us, donate their free time to help this community: Care & Share, holiday gift baskets, food drives, blood drives, etc.
Ask the United Way how much money they lost when the foreign companies bought out the steel mill, or about the loss of money when GM closed.
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