Ohio – Page 43 – People's World

Obama brings ‘shot in the arm’ to hard-hit Ohio

January 25, 2010 By Rick Nagin

ELYRIA, Ohio - Lorain County, ravaged by closed plants, budget crises and double-digit unemployment, gave President Obama an enthusiastic welcome Friday.

Musicians’ victory is good for all workers

January 21, 2010 By Rick Nagin

CLEVELAND - Musicians at this city's famous orchestra are taking heat from phony populists, but their union's firmness sets an example that is good for the entire labor movement.

At nation’s airports, security officers battle for a union

December 18, 2009 By Rick Nagin

The workers protecting air travelers' security are up against "favoritism, cronyism and nepotism" that is "rampant in all the airports."

Transit workers’ rally highlights safety, budget woes

November 27, 2009 By Rick Nagin

CLEVELAND - A rally protesting the Regional Transit Authority's refusal to address worker and rider safety in contract talks dramatized the challenge facing public transit systems in today's economic crisis.

Honoring Ohio’s unsung heroes of 2008 elections

February 14, 2009 By Special to People’s World

Speaking to scores of activists in labor, community, farm, retiree and other progressive movements at events in three Ohio cities, Sam Webb, national chairman of the Communist Party USA, called for all out grassroots efforts to...