San Diego Labor Council Stands With Working Families in Wisconsin & Ohio

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San Diego Labor Council Stands With Working Families in Wisconsin & Ohio
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - Thursday, February 17, 2011
Thousands Protest in Midwest States Over Workers' Rights

SAN DIEGO – In light of the ongoing protests in Wisconsin and Ohio, San Diego Labor Council Secretary-Treasurer and CEO Lorena Gonzalez made the following statement:

"We have watched this week as Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has attempted to use budget shortfalls as an excuse to take away the future rights of more than 150,000 local and state workers. And today, Gov. John Kasich is attempting to do the same thing in Ohio. They are both facing tens of thousands of protestors who have taken to the streets and Capitol buildings in a show of support of middle class workers' rights.

"Corporate interests and their handpicked politicians have successfully blamed the economic problems of our country on the average worker, to try escape their responsibility in causing our massive recession. The men and women of the San Diego and Imperial Counties Labor Council, AFL-CIO vigorously applaud the efforts of ordinary citizens – union and nonunion, student and teacher, firefighters, child care providers, public servants, veterans and working families that have refused to let this narrative continue in Wisconsin and Ohio.

"We stand in solidarity with the working families of Wisconsin and Ohio and commit to continue to fight for every workers right to join together and collectively bargain for a better life."

The San Diego and Imperial Counties Labor Council, AFL-CIO, represents more than 192,000 local workers from 132 unions, including the National Football League Players Association, who are making the region a better place to live and work. To learn more, visit www.unionyes.org.

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