Union gas protest: Blame Bush, McCain, Big Oil

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.sanduskyregister.com/articles/2008/06/14/front/792793.txt

By AMANDA GODFREY | Saturday June 14 2008, 1:39am

SANDUSKY

Local labor unions took a stand Friday morning, protesting spiking gasoline rates and unreliable politicians.

"President Bush hasn't done a thing to alleviate the gas prices," North Coast Labor Council president Lynda Mobley said. "The Americans have a right to elect leaders that have their best interests as heart. We encourage everyone to vote. Ohio's a deciding state."


Register photo/MEREDITH BRUNER Lynda Mobley, president of the local chapter of AFL-CIO, displays the gas price protest signs on the corner of W. Perkins Ave. and Milan Rd. in Sandusky on Friday morning. The Sandusky AFL-CIO working families protested the record high gas prices that are sweeping the nation.


Posting themselves at the BP gas station on the corner of U.S. 250 and Perkins Avenue, a handful of people protested, holding signs that read: "Tell McCain no tax cuts for big oil" and "It's time to turn America around."

"We have nothing against BP or any gas stations," Mobley said. "They know we're out here, and we told them we weren't here to cause any trouble. We're out here because it's time for Americans to take a stand. We chose this location because it's heavily traveled and we're more visible. We know it's a situation like David versus Goliath, but we want to make a statement."

Standing silently with their signs, Mobley and crew were greeted with several shouts of "heck yeah," thumbs up and honks of approval.

"Look at these poor guys," Sandusky Painters Union member Bob Warner said, waving to a truck driver. "I feel terrible for them. They're just getting killed with these gas prices."

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