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Right-to-work is hot election issue in Va., 4 other states
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BOB BROWN/TIMES-DISPATCH
http://www.richmond.com/news/national-world/ap/article_766cbb84-e872-5b51-93db-23456eb0cd46.html
Posted: Friday, October 14, 2016 3:58 pm
Associated Press |
The senior executive from the nation's largest labor group walked door-to-door through a middle class neighborhood in Northern Virginia carrying a twin message for union households.
On Election Day, urged Tefere Gebre, vote not only for Hillary Clinton but also against a proposed amendment to the state constitution that would weaken organized labor.
Standing in a steady drizzle on the stoop of a white house in Woodbridge, Gebre made the sale to postal worker Michael Brown.
"Anything that comes up against unions, I'm voting 'no,'" Brown, 68, assured Gebre. Without unions, Brown said, "it means employers can fire you for no reason at all."
FULL story at link above.