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Pandemic Shows How Important Unions Are | Blog For Iowa

Pandemic Shows How Important Unions Are | Blog For Iowa

Pandemic Shows How Important Unions Are



AFT Leader Randi Weingarten discusses reopening schools: (6.5 minutes)
Thursday we got this email from the Abby Finkenauer campaign:
I’m Ken Sagar, retired president of the Iowa Federation of Labor. But today I’m not here to give you an update on labor issues around the state, I’m here to support my friend, long-time labor ally Abby Finkenauer.
While I was at the AFL-CIO, we eagerly supported her first run in 2018. And although I’m no longer working for a union, I can still testify to her dedication to workers in Iowa.
She didn’t just make promises, she went out and got results for all of us.
Abby’s father was a union pipefitter-welder. She didn’t learn about working Iowans’ issues second-hand. She learned about them by living them — CONTINUE READING: Pandemic Shows How Important Unions Are | Blog For Iowa