OCSEA applauds Ohio AFL-CIO president's foot tour to highlight state's job loss:
Road to Recovery walk continues Oct. 31 - Nov 3 with Wilmington, Byesville, South Zanesville, Columbus

Check tour schedule for event details in your community

Oct. 2, 2008 (updated Oct. 31, 2008) -
Ohio AFL-CIO President Joe Rugola is touring Ohio on foot this fall to highlight the extreme price our state has paid for the economic policies of the Bush administration — policies Sen. McCain promises to keep alive, despite his empty parroting about "change." 

In the last eight years, 1,098 Ohio factories and businesses have shut down or had mass layoffs. 

Rugola is walking several hundred miles in northeast and southwest Ohio to visit some of these job sites and talk about why this election is urgently important to the future of all Ohio communities. 

The tour began in Youngstown on Oct. 5. Check schedule below to see if your community is on the first leg of the tour. Rugola also spoke at the Oct. 4 Steward Conferences about electing labor-friendly candidates.

Join us in cheering on Rugola as he advocates for economic changes and good jobs for all working families. Keep checking back for new tour stops.

Monday, Nov. 3, 2008

Alcatel/ Lucent - 9:00 a.m.
6200 E Broad St.
Columbus, OH 43213

FINAL Stop Statehouse Lawn - 12:00 p.m.

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Sunday, Nov. 22008

Lear Corp - 8:30 a.m.
2200 Linden Ave.
South Zanesville, OH 43701

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Saturday, Nov. 1, 2008

Plastech - 11:15 a.m.
110 N 8th St.
Byesville, OH 43723

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Friday, Oct. 31, 2008

DHL - Noon
145 Hunter Dr.
Wilmington, Ohio
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If you would like to join Pres. Rugola on the walk into the plant, he will be walking along US Rt. 22 to the plant gates. If not, we still welcome you to join us at 12:00 noon, at the plant site

The event will highlight the possible loss of 8,000 jobs due to the planned closure of the site. The closure is the result of a corporate merger made possible in part by the work of Rick Davis—who is McCain's campaign manager— while he was a lobbyist in 2003. Learn more below.

McCain should fire lobbyist who killed Ohio jobs (AFL-CIO Now Blog - Aug. 11, 2008)

Wilmington air park a symbol of what's at stake in 2008 presidential election (Plain Dealer Political Blog - July 26, 2008)

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 Already happened:

Thursday, Oct. 30, 2008

NuTone - 9:00 a.m.
4820 Red Bank Rd.
Cincinnati, OH 45227

Sara Lee - 1:00 p.m.
3241 Spring Grove Ave.
Cincinnati, OH 45225

Windsor School - 3:00 p.m.
937 Windsor St.
Cincinnati, OH 45206

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Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2008

Delphi - 9:00 a.m.
3100 Needmore Rd.
Dayton, OH 45414

Delphi Holdings Group - 12:30 p.m.
3535 Kettering Blvd.
Dayton, OH 45439

GM Assembly Plant - 1:30 p.m.
2601 W Stroop Rd.
Dayton, OH 45439

UBE Automotive - 5:00 p.m.
4600 N Mason Montgomery Rd.
Mason, OH 45040

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Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2008

Indalex - 8:00 a.m.
930 Sandusky St.
Fostoria, OH 44830

Honeywell Autolite- 9:30 a.m.
1600 N Union St.
Fostoria, OH 44830

Press Conference, USW Local 207L- 11:00 a.m.
1130 Summit St
Findlay, OH 45840

Centrex - 12:00 p.m.
814 W Lima St.
Findlay, OH 45840

Continental Structural Plastics - 2:30 p.m.
100 S Poe Rd.
North Baltimore, OH 45872

Johnson Rubber - 3:30 p.m.
587 W Broadway St
North Baltimore, OH 45872

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Monday, Oct. 27, 2008

Dixon Ticonderoga - 8:00 a.m.
1706 Hayes Ave.
Sandusky, OH 44870

Armstrong Air - 11:00 a.m.
421 Monroe St.
Bellevue, OH 44811

Woodbridge Corp. - 2:00 p.m.
827 Graham Dr.
Fremont, OH 43420

Kellogg’s - 3:30 p.m.
922 Wolfe Ave.
Fremont, OH 43420

TRW/ Kelsey Hayes - 6:00 p.m.
4600 Oak Harbor Rd.
Fremont, OH 43420

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Sunday, Oct. 26, 2008

B & C Industries - 12:00 p.m.
345 15th St. NW
Barberton, OH 44203

Midwest Rubber - 1:00 p.m.
745 Norton Ave.
Barberton, OH 44203

Reiter Dairy - 2:15 p.m.
1055 Wooster Rd. N
Barberton, OH 44203

Five Star Mold - 3:15 p.m.
1372 Kenmore Blvd.
Akron, OH 44314

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Thursday, Oct. 23, 2008

NewPage Corp. - 2:00 p.m.
(Chillicothe Paper Company)
351 Chambers Dr.
Chillicothe, OH

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Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2008

MSI -  8:00 a.m.
707 Gilman Ave.
Marietta, OH 45750

Nova Chemicals - 9:30 a.m.
Township Rd. 97
Belpre, OH 45714

Lee Middleton Original Dolls - 10:30 a.m.
1301 Washington Blvd.
Belpre, OH 45714

TS Trim - 12:30 p.m.
10 Kenny Drive
Athens, OH 45701

Mine Number 2 - .2:00 p.m.
Albany, OH 45710

Meridian Automotive Systems - 4:30 p.m.
1020 E Main St.
Jackson, OH 45640

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Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2008

SeverStal, Wheeling-Pitt - 8:00 a.m.
227 S 3rd St.
Steubenville, OH 43952

SeverStal, Wheeling Pitt - 10:00 a.m.
540 Commercial St.
Mingo Junction, OH 43938

SeverStal, Wheeling Pitt - 1:00 p.m.
1001 Main St.
Martins Ferry, OH 43935

Capitol Manufacturing - 2:30 p.m.
National Rd.
Bridgeport, OH 43912

Bellaire Health Care Clinic - 4:00 p.m.
(Address to follow)

Ormet Rolling Mill - 6:00 p.m.
Old Route 7
Hannibal, OH 43946

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Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008

Johnson Controls Plant - 10:00 a.m.
7560 Arbor Dr.
Northwood, OH 43619

Ford Stamping Plant - 2:00 p.m.
920 Illinois Ave.
Maumee, OH 43537

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Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008

Hoover (IBEW) - 8:00 a.m.
101 E. Maple St.
Canton, OH

Danner Press (IBT) - 12:00 p.m.
1411 Navarre Rd. SW
Canton, OH

World Kitchen (USW) - 2:00 p.m.
Cherry Rd. NW
Massillon, OH

Form Tech (UAW) - 5:00 p.m.
567 Elm Ridge Ave.
Canal Fulton, OH

Green Air Springs (USW) - 8:30 p.m.
2575 Greensburg Rd.
Canton, OH 

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Monday, Oct. 6, 2008

Eljer Plumbingware, Inc. (USW) - 8:30 a.m.
921 S Ellsworth Ave.
Salem, OH 44460

American Standard (USW)
*President Rugola will recognize the massive job losses at American Standard from the Eljer Site.

Little Tikes - 12:00 p.m.
350 Courtney Rd.
Sebring, OH 44672

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Sunday, Oct. 5, 2008

GE Lighting (IUE-CWA) -  11:00 a.m.
280 N Meridian Rd.
Youngstown, OH 44509

Indalex (USW) - 1:00 p.m.
706 S State St.
Girard, OH 44420

Amweld (USW) - 3:30 p.m.
Federal St.
Niles, OH 44446

“Rally in the Valley” - 5:00 p.m.
325 Youngstown Warren Rd.
Niles, OH 44446

CSC Ltd - 10:00 p.m.
4000 Mahoning Ave. NW
Warren, OH 44483
(Candlelight Vigil)

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