Union leaders told labor facing a threat
JACKSON TWP — Catherine Lalonde, county Democratic Committee chairwoman, told a group of Pennsylvania union workers and politicians organized labor was facing a threat on Friday.
“We’ve seen a real anti-union movement, and, if we don’t do something to support unions, soon there will be too few to really stand anymore,” she said.
At “United We Stand,” a Friday meeting of Democratic state politicians and union workers at the Steamfitters Technology Center on Wise Road, the groups spoke on the importance of unions, their role in the region and how to best protect them.
“We need to elect people who will support unions and we want to see them grow and get people to realize that having people who are paid well is good for the economy,” Lalonde added.
Kenny Broadbent, business manager for Steamfitters Local 449, pointed to the ethylene cracker plant in Beaver County as one way organized labor benefits surrounding communities.
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