As president of the United Auto Workers Local 1219, I have learned that while lots of politicians like to pay lip service to supporting Ohio workers, it’s the tough times that reveal who really has our backs.
Last year’s UAW strike was one of those times. UAW workers walked off the job and joined the picket line after the Big 3 auto companies failed to offer a serious proposal to give us fair wages and benefits.
While we were on strike, Sherrod Brown was right there on the picket line, showing solidarity and demanding corporate executives pay workers our fair share. Auto workers never have to worry about where Sherrod stood, because Sherrod always stands with us.
Bernie Moreno, on the other hand, was nowhere to be found during the strike. We never heard Moreno say anything in solidarity with striking workers. Instead, Moreno sided with corporate greed and showed no respect for the sacrifices auto workers have made over the years to save the auto industry.
Moreno has a record of stiffing his workers and has been sued over a dozen times for wage theft. In one case, Moreno shredded evidence he was legally required to keep just to weasel his way out of paying his workers the overtime wages they had earned. He was found liable and forced to pay over $400,000 to his employees. He doesn’t even believe the minimum wage should exist.
Moreno only claims he supports workers when it is convenient for him. He’s proved that he cares only about himself, and we can’t trust him to fight for us.
Jeffery Adams
Lima
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