July 14, 2008

Contact: Tim Burga
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OHIO AFL-CIO, OHIO CONFERENCE OF TEAMSTERS
AND UNITED AUTO WORKERS, REGION 2B,
ENDORSE RICHARD CORDRAY FOR OHIO ATTORNEY GENERAL

Left to Right: Joe Rugola, President, Ohio AFL-CIO, Richard Cordray, Treasurer of State, Roger Insprucker, President, Ohio Conference of Teamsters, Jim Harris (Representing Director Lloyd Mahaffey), United Auto Workers, Region 2B.

(COLUMBUS) – Unions representing more than 1 million active and retired Ohio workers joined together today to endorse Richard Cordray for Ohio attorney general.

Cordray earned the endorsement of the Ohio AFL-CIO, the Teamsters and the UAW because of his long history of supporting working families, according to Lloyd Mahaffey, director of UAW Region 2B, which covers Ohio.

“I have known Rich Cordray for a long time, and our members have supported him for a long time. In fact, UAW Local 969 on the west side of Columbus, was the first union to endorse Rich in his initial run for the State House. Our active and retired members know he is a person of integrity, a hard worker, and completely committed to fairness and justice for workers and our families,” Mahaffey said.

The Ohio Conference of Teamsters is backing Cordray because he has shown “the same kind of integrity and honesty that we see in our governor, Ted Strickland. Rich is a stand-up guy we can count on. We are confident he will always do what is right for the people of Ohio,” said President Roger Insprucker.

Joe Rugola, president of the Ohio AFL-CIO, said union members have worked for and voted for Cordray in the past because of the qualities he has shown throughout his public life.

“He is honest, bright, hard working and experienced. We have counted on him during every step of his career – from local government to the State House to the Ohio Treasurer’s office – and we have never been disappointed. I am proud to support Rich Cordray and to stand here today with the UAW and the Teamsters to pledge to do everything it takes to help him win this fall,” Rugola said.

The Ohio AFL-CIO represents more than 800,000 active and retired workers. The Ohio conference of Teamsters has more than 80,000 Ohio members, and UAW Region 2B has 160,000 active and retired members in Ohio.

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