Sheehan pushes liberal Ohio voter registration reforms
William P. Sheehan of the Cincinnati AFL-CIO Labor Council backs Ohio AFL CIO convention proposals to ease voter registration. Highlights include eliminating the one year residency rule, allowing registrations up to ten days before elections, permitting door to door registration, and extending polling hours to 8 PM. He cites Indiana reforms and urges action by the next General Assembly.
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Ohio General Assembly
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Cincinnati
Afl-Cio Labor Council
Kentucky
Hamilton County
Delegates Granted Free Admission to Coney Island and River Downs
William P. Sheehan invited delegates to visit Coney Island and River Downs during the Ohio AFL-CIO Convention. Through Cincinnati AFL-CIO Labor Council arrangements, delegates could use convention badges for free admission. Memento gifts from the Cincinnati Council were included in convention kits at registration desks.
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William P. Sheehan
Coney Island
River Downs
Cincinnati
Afl-Cio Labor Council
Cincinnati Council
Convention Reports and Kennedy Tragedy Overshadow Delegation
The convention memorialized Senator Robert F. Kennedy and noted the sudden cancellation of AFL-CIO COPE official Alexander E. Barkan due to a family illness. Delegates approved committee reports and constitutional changes, while Kennedy’s assassination cast a pall over proceedings from news arrival to adjournment on Thursday June 6.
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Alexander E. Barkan
Afl-Cio Political Education Committee
COPE
Kennedy
Nader Urges Labor to Lead Consumer Protection Drive
Ralph Nader spoke at the Ohio AFL-CIO Convention urging unions to form strong consumer protection programs to curb the activities of business groups. He criticized a closed market system, urged labor to mobilize youth, and praised AFL-CIO efforts against auto insurers while calling for data collection to push state and national reforms.
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Ralph Nader
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General Motors
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
National Association of Manufacturers
Labor Movement
Gates
Ecome
State Labor Federation
Clayman attacks rising medical costs and drug prices
Ohio AFL-CIO delegate Jacob Clayman criticizes escalating medical costs 50 percent since Medicare and cites price disparities in common drugs. He warns of consumer fraud and costly interest rates, urging tighter pipeline safety and protections for families facing bills and education costs.
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Clayman
Ohio
Afl-Cio
Jacob Clayman
Afl-Cio Industrial Union Department
Convention Action on Resolutions at Ohio AFL-CIO Gathering
At the Ohio AFL-CIO Sixth Constitutional Convention in Cincinnati June 4–6, nearly 2000 delegates voted on resolutions and policy matters. They urged a 35 hour work week with double pay, cautioned on riot control ordinances, backed year round and door to door voter registration, proposed earlier registration up to ten days before elections, promoted broader use of the Ohio AFL CIO computer system to track registration and voting, and supported abolishing wage garnishment.
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Cincinnati Convention-Exposition Center
Cincinnati
Afl-Cio Labor Council
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