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HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — The results of Tuesday\u2019s elections, while not the absolute best-case scenario for labor, indicated that voters might be ready to end the one-party majority in the federal government in three months\u2019 time, said SMART Transportation Division National Legislative Director John Risch at the opening session of the last day of the 2018 Regional Meeting at the Hilton Diplomat Resort.
\nA special election campaign in Ohio saw both President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence appear in support of Troy Balderson, who was running to finish out the remaining months of a term in Ohio’s 12th Congressional District. The seat was left vacated by fellow-Republican Pat Tiberia.
\nYet even with the top two Republicans in the nation trying to give Balderson some momentum, he defeated Danny O\u2019Connor, a relatively unknown Democrat, by 1 percent, according to unofficial results Tuesday. The 12th District, which includes Ohio\u2019s capital Columbus, was carried by Trump by more than 11 points in the 2016 presidential election, according to The Associated Press.
\nBalderson and O\u2019Connor will square off again in November for a full term to represent the district in Congress, and the result could be different with such a narrow margin.
\nMissouri\u2019s special election Tuesday brought better news for labor, in what has been \u201ca solidly red\u201d state, Risch said.
\nProposition A, a labor-led referral effort to repeal right-to-work legislation, was successful with 67 percent of voters voting to repeal a right-to-work law in place. Thirty-three percent of voters voted to keep the law, according to unofficial results. Labor faced much opposition with the Koch brothers leading an underground deceptive ‘yes vote’ effort that would have kept the right-to-work law in place. Missouri would’ve been the 28th state with such legislation in place had the referral not been successful.
\n\u201cEven with all the deceptiveness, even with all the ways in which they tried to tilt the playing field in their favor \u2013 all of that, we won in Missouri,\u201d Risch said.
\nHe said a majority of voters in Missouri understood and recognized that Proposition A\u2019s backers were trying to undermine the ability of unions to get better wages, fringe benefits and improve safety through deceptive direct mailings and other tactics.
\n\u201cWhen they understand this, they vote the right way,\u201d Risch said. \u201cThey vote for themselves, they vote for their unions, they vote for the ability to do something in the workplace.\u201d
\nRisch feels that this victory, as well as victories by teachers in West Virginia, Arizona and Colorado this year, could signal a turning point for workers in the fight against income inequality.
\n\u201cI see a trend, I see a movement across this country,\u201d he said. \u201cI think the tide is turning. I hope the tide is turning because we can\u2019t go the other direction much longer.\u201d
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