Steelworkers protest (lost of pension, Bush)

[joefree1]

Steelworkers protest outside courthouse

By Gregory Korte
The Cincinnati Enquirer

About 60 Ohio steelworkers and their supporters protested outside the federal courthouse in Cincinnati this morning as a federal appeals court considered a case that could decide whether 2,500 workers get their pensions after their steel mills went bankrupt.
While the legal arguments turned on a narrow issue of when the pension plan was shut down, the protest outside took on broader issues in a presidential election year.
"For those who say they don't want to get into politics, let's make one thing clear: this case is political," said Bruce Bostick, a Lorain-based organizer for the United Steelworkers of America. He read a letter from Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry blasting the Bush Administration's denial of the pensions.
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http://www.enquirer.com/midday/08/08122004_News_midday.steelworkers11_Final.html





Protest Bush in Santa Monica, CA, tomorrow, Thursday, August 11.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=106x9439

[Union Thug]

1. Support your local Steelworker! /eom

[noonwitch]

2. That should keep PA in the blue state category

And maybe help move Ohio in that direction.