I grew up in Mansfield, Ohio. I went to school with the sons and daughters of ironworkers, carpenters, autoworkers, and electricians. Eventually, those jobs disappeared as one big plant after another left town. Every day, I fight in the U.S. Senate to bring those jobs back to our state and to put money back in the pockets of hardworking families. I wear a canary pin that a steelworker gave to me years ago – a reminder that workers used to have to take a canary with them to the coal mines in case there was dangerous gas. The pin is a symbol of the progress we've made on workers' rights and the work we still have left to do. |
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