TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Whether Ohio’s blue-collar workers were motivated by the auto bailout or lingering bitterness over a Republican-led attempt to limit collective bargaining, it’s clear that the state’s labor unions remain a political force when united.
Organized labor claimed credit for President Barack Obama’s victory in Ohio after union members and their allies flooded the state with mailers, phone calls and home visits in the days leading up to the election.
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