COLUMBUS, OH – This summer, Ohio labor leaders and local workers hosted a “Workers for Sherrod” statewide tour to highlight Sherrod’s record delivering for Ohio workers and fighting for the Dignity of Work. The “Workers for Sherrod” tour included stops in Toledo, Lima, Dayton, Zanesville, Steubenville, and Youngstown.
On the tour, workers from across Ohio made clear that Sherrod’s on their side:
Read / watch more about the Workers for Sherrod tour below:
Toledo
Ohio AFL-CIO: “Thanks to all the AFL-CIO #union members in #toledo who came out to help launch the Workers for Sherrod Brown campaign. Sherrod has our backs, now it’s time to have his.”
LIMA
The Lima News: Union leaders in Lima endorse Brown for Senate
- “Ohio workers have no better champion than Sherrod Brown, and we have to make sure he’s re-elected this November,” UA Local 776 business manager Brad Wendel said. “From standing with us on the picket lines for better wages and benefits to standing up to his own party to prevent bad trade deals that hurt Ohio workers, Sherrod has always stood on our side, and thanks to Sherrod’s work, we’re seeing real results right here in Lima.”
- Wendel pointed to the $500 million investment at the Lima Procter & Gamble plant as one example of companies investing in the region, crediting Brown as one of the people who helped make that happen. Ohio AFL-CIO president Tim Burga also pointed to measures like the Restoring Overtime Pay Act of 2023 as another example of Brown’s positive impact on Ohio workers.
- Mike Knisley [Ohio State Building and Construction Trades Council Secretary-Treasurer] pointed to Brown’s efforts in bipartisan bills like the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and his work with Republicans to bring computer chip manufacturing to Ohio to show how Brown prioritizes Ohio voters over keeping in lockstep with his own party.
WLIO: Labor Leaders Support Senator Sherrod Brown
WLIO
: “[Sherrod] often works with Republicans on legislation aimed at improving quality of life for Ohioans. Brown has been involved in legislation to bring chip manufacturing to Ohio, get benefits for veterans that were exposed to toxic chemicals during their service, and other bills that led to better jobs and pay for workers.”
Gary McPheron, International Union of Painters and Allied Trades District Council 6: “Sherrod has always supported prevailing wage on projects which is important to construction workers to make sure that workers get a fair and livable wage.”
WLIO: “Supporters say that Brown’s opponent, Bernie Moreno, is not supportive of unions and overtime expansion. As a business owner, Moreno was also sued by his employees.”
Tim Burga,Ohio AFL-CIO President: “Senator Brown has always fought for overtime pay. In fact, he wanted to expand overtime pay for those working over 40 hours a week.”
Dayton
WKEF: Ohio Workers Highlight Sherrod’s Work Fighting for Ohioans
WKEF: “Local labor workers hosting a ‘Workers for Sherrod’ tour stop…It’s a statewide tour touting accomplishments for Senator Sherrod Brown that he’s made for the working class; the organization citing Brown’s work with Wright Patterson Air Force Base, saving pensions, and investments into career centers, and how these all impact Ohio workers.”
Dayton-Miami Valley AFL-CIO President Tom Ritchie: “[The upcoming election is about] job security, expanding the job base, it’s about the pensions, the protections of the pensions. You know, our people work and put their life on the job every day…the Senator is about protecting those families, protecting their pensions – the things that they’ve worked for, that they deserve, that belongs to them.”
WKEF: “The [AFL-CIO] says Brown has always fought for workers and their families, and having Brown in the office will impact all Ohio workers.”
Zanesville
Y-City News: Ohio AFL-CIO President Tim Burga speaks at Jaycee Riverside Park Friday morning for Senator Sherrod Brown.
Ohio AFL-CIO President Tim Burga: “The Dignity of Work is more than just a slogan for Sherrod, it’s how he wakes up and does his job every single day. From taking on Wall Street and special interests to saving the pensions of more than 100,000 Ohioans – including 12,000 right here in Zanesville – to standing up to his own party to block bad trade deals that are not good for working families and working people. We can always count on Sherrod to be on our side.”
Ohio AFL-CIO President Tim Burga: “Because of Sherrod’s work, Ohio infrastructure, roads and bridges, communities across the state will be rebuilt by Ohio workers with, and this is important, American-made products and materials.”
- Workers for Sherrod, supporting the re-election of Sen. Sherrod Brown, recently stopped in Zanesville as part of a statewide tour. Those speaking included Ohio AFL-CIO President Tim Burga, Ohio Alliance for Retired Americans President Norm Wernet and local United Steelworkers member Zach Carpenter… Brown has saved the pensions of 12,000 Zanesville residents, introduced legislation to strengthen Social Security, opposed raising the retirement age and privatizing Social Security, and helped more than $1 million dollars in funding for Zane State College to create hands-on and work-based advanced manufacturing training programs.
Steubenville
Herald-Star: Local labor leaders rally to re-elect Sen. Sherrod Brown
- Officials with several local labor unions rallied Monday to support the re-election of Sen. Sherrod Brown, citing the Democrat’s record of supporting Ohio workers.
- The dignity of work is “more than just a slogan” for the senator, Kevan Brown said, noting his efforts to save Ohio workers’ pensions through his Butch Lewis Act, which became law in 2021 through the American Rescue Plan.
- [Kevan] Brown said the senator has contributed to the repair of Ohio infrastructure — including Steubenville water and sewer lines and the Market Street Bridge — with American-made products.
- “Under Sherrod Brown’s leadership, the lives of working families are undeniably better,” [Mel Woods, financial secretary for United Mine Workers of America Local 1304] said. “We need working families across Ohio to understand the stakes of this election and why we need to badly keep Ohio’s best advocate for working families in the Senate.”
WTOV: Workers in Steubenville Highlight Sherrod’s Record Fighting for Ohioans
WTOV
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Local union leaders gathered on Monday morning to show their support for Senator Sherrod Brown at an event ahead of the upcoming [election].”
Kevan Brown, IBEW Local 246 Business Manager: “One of the major things that Sherrod Brown’s done for unions here in Ohio is supporting the PRO Act. With our company here, protecting the right to organize is huge. Every workplace out here, whether it’s in my jurisdiction or throughout the state of Ohio, they have the right to organize… Better benefits for their families, better wages for themselves, safer workplaces. That right there is one of the huge impacts that Sherrod Brown has had on Ohio.”
Frank Papin, Steel Workers Retiree Organization President: “Sherrod Brown’s been a friend to us steel workers and the labor in all the troubles we had up and down the valley.”