Comments on: FLOC Action @ R.J. Reynolds Shareholder Meeting http://aflcionc.org/blog/2008/04/24/floc-action-rj-reynolds-shareholder-meeting/ Sun, 05 Sep 2010 06:26:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Mike Martino http://aflcionc.org/blog/2008/04/24/floc-action-rj-reynolds-shareholder-meeting/comment-page-1/#comment-56 Mike Martino Thu, 01 May 2008 03:09:32 +0000 http://aflcionc.org/blog/?p=164#comment-56 My grandfather started the steel union movement in Beaver Falls, Pa in what was then Moltrup Steel. He organized steel from B&W to J&L steel mills. His dream was simple- a fair's day pay for a fair's day work. PERIOD. I remember sitting on his back porch looking at the mill telling me the stories of how back in the day state police sided with the companies. In one story he talked how the state police fired a tear gas canister into the picket line killing the man next to him. You could see his eyes water up as he told the story. Our family has and always will be union. We have not forgotten who signed NAFTA into law. Now, we find out his wife chief strategist, Mr. Penn, has been demoted after trying to expand NAFTA to Columbia. Her promises mean nothing to blue collar workers. Ask yourself one question when you go into that voting booth. Why was Mr. Penn only demoted and not fired? Vote for Change- Vote Union- Vote Obama MICHAEL MARTINO Grandson of John B Martino- Local 1002 1st Steel Union Organizer in Pennsylvania My grandfather started the steel union movement in Beaver Falls, Pa in what was then Moltrup Steel. He organized steel from B&W to J&L steel mills.
His dream was simple- a fair’s day pay for a fair’s day work. PERIOD.

I remember sitting on his back porch looking at the mill telling me the stories of how back in the day state police sided with the companies.
In one story he talked how the state police fired a tear gas canister into the picket line killing the man next to him. You could see his eyes water up as he told the story.

Our family has and always will be union. We have not forgotten who signed NAFTA into law. Now, we find out his wife chief strategist, Mr. Penn, has been demoted after trying to expand NAFTA to Columbia.

Her promises mean nothing to blue collar workers. Ask yourself one question when you go into that voting booth. Why was Mr. Penn only demoted and not fired?

Vote for Change- Vote Union- Vote Obama

MICHAEL MARTINO
Grandson of John B Martino- Local 1002
1st Steel Union Organizer in Pennsylvania

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