Ohio AFL-CIO president stepping down.

The Columbus Dispatch (Columbus, OH) | April 11, 2007 | Copyright

Byline: Alan Johnson

Apr. 11--As the son of a Belmont County coal miner who later became a steelworker, Bill Burga has union in his blood. But it wasn't until he went to work at Timken Steel in Canton when he was 18 that Burga said he learned the real meaning of "union man." "Everyone needs to be represented in the workplace," he said, "rather than just doing what the boss says, right or wrong, safe on unsafe. It's a dangerous place. Without a union, you might be dead." Now one of the most powerful political figures in Ohio, Burga, 70, announced his retirement ...

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