by Tommy Todd—Missouri
I met a woman while knocking on doors in Kansas City tonight. Walking up to her door, I saw a “for sale” sign in their yard. When she came to the door, I noticed scissors in her hand, but didn’t think much of it. I started talking about jobs leaving the country when she stopped me, and told me that her husband had recently been laid off, which was why they were selling their home. I had actually knocked on the door as she was cutting up all of her credit cards.
She gladly signed up, and thanked me for the hard work we are doing.
Tags: layoffs, membership, outsourcing
by John Spalding—Ohio
People are talking about Ohio’s job loss. Whether or not we canvass them and sign them up as members, citizens in northwest Ohio are aware of the huge losses of manufacturing jobs in our state.
This week in Fostoria and Toledo, people signed up because they are worried about job losses and support our work fighting outsourcing. Many of them had just heard an announcement about shift eliminations in Northwood, Ohio and about potential layoffs and closing of a plant in Fostoria beginning in March.
People readily take the clipboard and sign up as members to show support. As the economic stimulus package goes through Congress, most people are worried about creating and keeping good jobs in our state.
Tags: layoffs, membership, outsourcing
