Cherise Keyser of the SLC said speakers will talk to the crowd about “the importance of voting no on Senate Bill 5/Issue 2.” They will also be stressing what they say is the importance of unions and working people in Ohio and America.
Guest speakers include Jim Saddler, retired member of the International Association of Firefighters, and a veteran; Randy Basham of the United Steel Workers and chairman of the Scioto County Democratic Party; Scott Siebel, regional director of the We Are Ohio campaign and Donnie Criner of Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 577 and president of the Shawnee Labor Council.
Petitions against House Bill 194, dubbed by the SLC as the “voter suppression bill” will be circulated at the event.
Keyser said food and beverages will be provided, and after the rally, people are invited to march with the SLC and others in the parade that begins at 11 a.m.
“On Sept. 1, 1894, Congress declared Labor Day a national holiday. One hundred and seventeen years later we use this day to celebrate the contributions working families have made to our communities, our middle-class and economy,” a SLC news release reads. “The Shawnee Labor Council, AFL-CIO, will take this opportunity to honor working people and bring light to the recent attacks on working people, their unions and Ohioans’ right to the basic human rights of fair wages, safe working condition and fair benefits.”
The release refers to Senate Bill 5, which is on the ballot as Issue 2, as “wholesale attack on the working people of our state. Taking away public employees’ rights to strike and to collectively bargain, the approval of Senate Bill 5 would severely damage Ohio‘s economy, the middle-class and community safety, which is why we strongly urge voters to go to the polls in November and vote no on Issue 2 to support our public servants and protect the safety of our schools and community.”
The group also opposes HB 194, which they say restricts for many people the ability to vote, including senior citizens, students and working people, by “substantially restricting early in-person voting and access to absentee voting options and eliminating the requirement of poll workers to even help a voter find his or her precinct.”
FRANK LEWIS may be reached at (740) 353-3101, ext. 232, or flewis@heartlandpublications.com.
The above is an unpopular thing to do for some but needed to empower tax payers.
You will hear a lot of disinformation and possible fear tactics so sway your vote. Better yet, keep you from voting.
http://www.betterohio.org
"commonsenseports" please try to see the big picture. This holiday weekend is a celebration of Labor Day and River Days. Kim is just one of several committed volunteers that take time from their personal lives to continue the tradition.
Have you ever taken time from your personal life to volunteer and try to make your community a better place to live and work? It is, at times, very frustrating, but ultimately an extremely rewarding experience. Try it sometime...the community could use your help.
I'll be sure to be at the rally in support of my labor friends and help say NO to Issue 2. Thanks for reminding me what this holiday is about.
If anyone wonders why our children seem to be way less respectful that they used to be need only to read the PDT or watch the TV.
Seriously folks. As our civilization has expanded, businesses and personal households have reaped a technology divide to "Progressively Do More with Less". The exception is government(s). Governments seem to become more innefficient.
We are way past due for our governments to also reap a technology dividind.
I should also suggest that the entire city be placed under the control of Kim and her committee so that only her sanctioned events take place during the weekend and that we should continue the policy of excluding representatives of Labor from paticipating on the committee- those workers might try to take over Kim's labor day.
http://www.portsmouth-dailytimes.com/view/full_story/15284174/article-River-Days-parade-promises-to-be-big?instance=lead_story_left_column
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« lunaticfringe wrote on Thursday, Sep 01 at 01:09 PM »
River Days Parade is a great event. There will be hundreds of units, thousands of people, high school bands, cheerleaders, queen contestants and various community organizations. All coming together at Spartan Stadium. It is a site to behold and organizing all these different groups is a tremendous feat.
And now we have the Shawnee Labor Council (SLC) and Cherise Keyser organizing a "labor rally" in the middle of this festive atmosphere while hard-working River Days volunteers attempt to organize the largest parade in Ohio.
River Days has a contract with the City of Portsmouth to use Spartan Stadium and the surrounding property. So where does SLC and Cherise Keyer get off organizing another event at Spartan Stadium and interrupting the lineup of the River Days Parade.
I know it's Labor Day, but this rally is a sad commentary.
Read more: Portsmouth Daily Times - River Days parade promises to be big
That is how police end up with more police cars than really needed. That is how retirement terms end up being allowed to retire and keep your job which shuts out the next generation.
All of us should demand that our educational system be given an overhall, for our childrens sake; for our countrys sake.
Remember, anytime you hear someone talk down a public official over SB5, they are really talking down Ohio Tax Payers.
Folks, tough time are ahead. Governments need the ability to adapt and make rapid changes.
And now, out of left field, here comes Shawnee Labor Council (SLC) and Cherise Keyser bullying their way to a labor rally while River Days volunteers attempt to organize Ohio's largest daytime parade.
This is a brash decision by SLC & Cherise Keyser. Just jump right in and take over someone else's party. Your ill-planned labor rally will alienate more people to your cause than you will persuade.
SLC and Cherise Keyser's actions are just another classic example of typical union mentality. It makes you wonder why southern Ohio is lacking in business and industry.