Columbus Protest at Sen Portman Office on Ohio Job Cuts

Wednesday, March 23, 10:30AM - 12:00PM COLUMBUS WORKER RALLY & PRESS CONFERENCE

WHERE: U.S. Senator Rob Portman’s Office, 37 West Broad Street, Columbus, OH

WHAT: Ohio GE Workers Rally with Picket Signs and Banners for Press Conference at Sen. Portman office in Columbus, Deliver Petition Calling for Action to Stop Oho Job Cuts

SPEAKERS: 

Carl Kennebrew, President of IUE-CWA national labor union 

Tim Burga, President, Ohio AFL-CIO 

Will Evans, President, IUE-CWA Local 84704

Barb Basore, GE Lighting Bucyrus plant worker whose family has provided a combined 500 years of service to the company

Today, March 23 at 10:30AM, dozens of Ohio General Electric workers will protest job cuts recently announced by the company impacting nearly 200 local workers in the Northern Ohio region. These GE workers, who are union members of IUE-CWA, will hold a Columbus rally and press conference at U.S. Senator Rob Portman’s office to deliver a petition calling on the Senator and Congressional leaders in both parties to act to save these Ohio jobs.