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Columbus, OH – On the one-year anniversary of the UAW Stand Up Strike, UAW Local 1219 President Jeff Adams called out Moreno for “sid[ing] with corporate greed” and being “nowhere to be found” on the picket line – the latest instance of Ohio auto workers making clear they don’t trust Moreno due to his record “selling out workers” and “stiffing his employees.”

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Lima News: Letter: Moreno refused to stand with auto workers
Jeffery Adams
September 16, 2024

• As president of the United Auto Workers Local 1219, I have learned that while lots of politicians like to pay lip service to supporting Ohio workers, it’s the tough times that reveal who really has our backs.

• Last year’s UAW strike was one of those times… [Bernie Moreno] was nowhere to be found during the strike.

• We never heard Moreno say anything in solidarity with striking workers. Instead, Moreno sided with corporate greed and showed no respect for the sacrifices auto workers have made over the years to save the auto industry.

• Moreno has a record of stiffing his workers and has been sued over a dozen times for wage theft. In one case, Moreno shredded evidence he was legally required to keep just to weasel his way out of paying his workers the overtime wages they had earned. He was found liable and forced to pay over $400,000 to his employees. He doesn’t even believe the minimum wage should exist.

• Moreno only claims he supports workers when it is convenient for him. He’s proved that he cares only about himself, and we can’t trust him to fight for us.

SEE ALSO: Ohio Workers “Chide” And “Condemn” Bernie Moreno For “Selling Out Workers” And “Stiffing His Employees”

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Columbus, OH- In case you missed it, Ohio’s biggest Loser Frank LaRose has made plenty of headlines recently. And with all that (highly partisan) activity, Ohioans have been hearing a lot about what he’s been up to.

From testifying before Congress on how to make voting harder across the country, to losing a lawsuit about legislation he pushed that unfairly targeted voters with disabilities, and asking the legislature to consider eliminating ballot drop boxes, LaRose has done everything, but his job.

Check out what Ohioans are reading about Loser LaRose’s latest lies.

Cleveland.com, Katie Paris and Emily Schriver: Sorry, Frank LaRose. Voters are smarter than you think: Ohioans […] don’t have time for political nonsense. Yet that’s exactly what we’re witnessing, again and again, when it comes to the simple idea that everyday Ohioans should have a voice in political decision-making. Secretary of State Frank LaRose and his political friends seem to think frightening and confusing voters is the only way they can score political wins — and they’ve been running this playbook for years now.

WVXU, Howard Wilkinson: Analysis: Frank LaRose changes the rules for using ballot drop boxes ahead of November election: You would think that after losing so many political battles in the past few years, Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose would be used to it. But this latest one, coming off a federal court ruling that Ohio voters with disabilities should have better opportunities to cast ballots, has really set him off.

Cleveland.com, Jeff Darcy: LaRose lambasts League of Women Voters, Ballot Boxes: Darcy cartoon – cleveland.com: Is LaRose just a sore loser who now wants to make it harder for us to vote? He lost his U.S. Senate bid to J.D. Vance and has since been showing the same cold touch with women that Vance has on the campaign trail. Talk about “weird.” A main duty of the Secretary of State is to get out the vote, not vanquish it.

Ohio Capital Journal, Marty Schladen:  ​​Sec of State LaRose says it’s easy to vote in Ohio, but critics say he’s making it more difficult Secretary of State Frank LaRose is fond of saying that “it’s easy to vote and hard to cheat” in Ohio elections. He’s supposed to conduct elections neutrally, but the things he’s done concerning the state’s extreme partisan gerrymandering are clearly biased in favor of his own party and his friends, the watchdog said.

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Columbus, OH – New reporting from Jewish Insider found that Bernie Moreno fundraised with and accepted thousands of dollars in donations from a “member of a Nazi reenactment group” and an Ohio State Representative who suggested “that the Holocaust should be taught in part ‘from the perspective of a German soldier.’”

Jewish Insider: Bernie Moreno campaigned with two individuals condemned for Nazi, Holocaust comments
Marc Rod
September 17, 2024

• Bernie Moreno, the Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Ohio, has attended two fundraisers in recent months co-hosted by individuals who have been condemned for their comments about the Nazis and the Holocaust.

• State Rep. Sarah Fowler Arthur was a co-host of a July 28 fundraiser attended by Moreno — listed second on event invitations — and can be seen in a photo from the event.

• Fowler Arthur was photographed a day later standing next to the lectern at another Moreno event. She was photographed with Moreno at a third campaign event in August and posted a message praising him.

• Fowler Arthur faced backlash from the Jewish community and the Republican Ohio House speaker in 2022 for suggesting in an interview that the Holocaust should be taught in part “from the perspective of a German soldier” in addition to the perspective of victims.

• Based on a clip posted by News 5 Cleveland, which conducted the interview, Fowler Arthur initially brought up the Holocaust unprompted in an interview about a bill regarding teaching “divisive concepts” in public schools.

• “You should talk about these atrocities that have happened in history, but you also do have an obligation to point out the value that each individual brings to the table,” she said.

• During the interview, Fowler Arthur also mischaracterized key facts about the Holocaust, including how many people were killed, as well as the Nazis’ stated reasons for their actions, while also stating that teachers should not tell students that the Nazis were correct.

• Moreno attended another fundraiser in July co-hosted by Richard Iott, a former U.S. House candidate whose 2010 House campaign was torpedoed by revelations that Iott was a member of a Nazi reenactment group, photographed in Nazi regalia.

• The group specifically wore the uniforms of the 5th SS Panzer Division Wiking, a unit of foreign collaborators from countries invaded by the Nazis who joined the Nazi army and were responsible for shooting nearly 100 Jews during death marches through Austria.

• Iott has donated at least $5,800 to Moreno’s campaign and can be seen in a photo from the event.

• When Iott’s activities emerged in 2010, he doubled down, confirming in an interview that he was aware of the unit’s background.

• “I don’t know if you call them collaborators. They were volunteers. They wanted to fight what they saw as a bigger threat to them than Germany,” Iott said. “They were doing what they thought was right for their country, and they were going out and fighting what they thought was a bigger, you know a bigger evil.”

• Iott was condemned at the time by the Republican Jewish Coalition and then-House Republican whip Eric Cantor (R-VA).

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Columbus, OH – Ohio workers across the state have “condemn[ed]” Bernie Moreno for his “very dishonest statement[s]” about “return[ing] to the auto industry” and “slam[med]” Moreno for being “nothing but a liar” and “a big fat cat.”

From his record of “selling out workers” and “stiffing his employees” to “lying to [workers’] faces” about selling Chinese-made cars that Ohio workers say “shipped Ohio jobs overseas,” Ohioans know Bernie Moreno “is not for workers” and has “always been for himself.”

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The Statehouse News Bureau: In US Senate race, unions chide Moreno for central Ohio dealership plans
Sarah Donaldson
September 7, 2024

• [Labor unions] bashed the political newcomer [Bernie Moreno] Friday over plans to construct a car dealership north of Columbus.

• Moreno has maintained for more than a year that he sold off business interests, including more than a dozen car dealerships he once owned in the Midwest, in preparation for political candidacy.

• But Moreno sought and signed off on $40 million worth of Mercedes-Benz financing and bought a plot of property in Sunbury for the auto storefront, according to Delaware County Recorder’s Office documents. NBC News originally broke the story.

• Union leaders with the local AFL-CIO, Columbus/Central Ohio Building and Construction Trades Council and United Auto Workers held a news conference across the street from the future auto storefront Friday…

• “It’s a free market economy,” [Dorsey Hager, executive secretary-treasurer of the Columbus/Central Ohio Building & Construction Trades Council] said. “But when he comes out and he wins the primary and he says he’s going to focus 100% on his Senate run… obviously that’s a very dishonest statement… It’s going to be his name on the dealership…”

LISTEN TO MORE FROM THE STATEHOUSE NEWS BUREAU HERE

Jeff Gase, UAW Region 2B Central Ohio CAP Council Chairperson: “[Moreno’s] just a big fat cat. He wants all the profits. He wants the money. Wants it for himself.”

Sarah Donaldson, The Statehouse News Bureau: “…union leaders were standing in front of the quintessential union mascot, a fat cat inflatable. It basked in the sun Friday off a busy road in Sunbury, across from a plot of property Moreno bought earlier this year that will eventually host a Mercedes Benz dealership.”

Jamie Shumaker, Ohio AFL-CIO Central Ohio CLC Executive Director: “I don’t buy [Moreno’s excuses] one bit.”

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WTOV: Union leaders criticize Moreno, back Brown for supporting workers
Jesse Cain
September 3, 2024

• Ohio workers denounced the character of Bernie Moreno, the Republican nominee for Ohio U.S. Senate, and threw their support to the Democratic incumbent Sherrod Brown.

• Union leaders attacked Moreno’s integrity about business decisions affecting his employees.

• “He’s always catered to the rich people,” UMWA Ohio COMPAC Coordinator Dave Dilly said. “You know, [he] had a Mercedes dealership and that kind of stuff. And he’s made a lot of money…he screwed some of his employees and got caught with it…”

Times Leader: Unions slam Moreno
Gage Vota
September 4, 2024

• The United Mine Workers of America and United Steel Workers held a joint press conference Tuesday morning to condemn Bernie Moreno, the Republican nominee for United States Senate in Ohio.

• “We don’t agree with what Bernie Moreno is doing,” said Frank Papini, president of USW Steelworkers Organization of Active Retirees. “I think [he is] a fraud, he’s caused a lot of problems with workers and we’re here today as miners, steelworkers, and all other laborers to refute what he has to say.”

• Papini added that he believes Moreno is not for workers…

• …Moreno testified that he did not retain documents from the dealership when he sold it as part of M11 Motors LLC to new owners. Moreno added that he shredded documents sometime in late 2020.

• “He’s a used car dealer, and has no idea what a good day’s work is,” Papini said.

• [United Mine Workers of America Local 1304 Financial Secretary Mel Woods, a third-generation coal miner] said. “…Moreno is nothing but a liar.”

• [Woods] then echoed Papini’s sentiment of not trusting Moreno because he allegedly shredded documents.

• “As far as Bernie Moreno, I only know what I’ve read,” [United Mine Workers of America Ohio Coal Miners Political Action Coordinator Dave Dilly] said. “He was a car salesman and it’s my understanding that he screwed over some of his employees. He’s always been for himself and for rich people…”

The Athens Messenger: Workers share thoughts on US Senate race
Anna Millar
August 28, 2024

• A group of union members and workers from Athens County gathered at the community park in The Plains on Monday… condemning Republican Party candidate, Bernie Moreno.

• Each speaker shared their thoughts on the upcoming senate election, and heavy criticism of Moreno’s past actions.

• As the speakers continued, Malone, Linscott and Klintworth each shared similar complaints against Moreno, as they referenced two lawsuits regarding worker compensation which he has faced. Each speaker described Moreno’s actions as “stiffing his employees.”

• Moreno faced a lawsuit in 2014 from Michael Falcone, a former employee who stated he had not received his agreed upon compensation and was fired after inquiring about the situation, according to Cleveland.com.

• Additionally, the group of speakers highlighted their anger with Moreno for “shredding documents” in relation to a separate lawsuit.

• Moreno faced another lawsuit in 2017 from former employee Omar Adem, who accused him of routinely leaving Adem unpaid for overtime hours. Additionally, Moreno was found to have either lost or destroyed necessary evidence to the case, according to pdfs of the court documents available on NBC4.com.

WATCH MORE FROM WLIO HERE

WLIO: “Citing concerns for Ohio’s labor force, local unions came out today against Bernie Moreno… speaking out about the concerns they have with the lack of respect they say Moreno has for Ohio workers.”

WLIO: “With the court actions against him for not paying earned overtime to his own employees, and the recent NBC News report that he has bought land to get back into the auto sales business, these laborers say that’s not what Ohio needs.”

Tiffany McKee, United Steelworkers: “Well as a staff representative, I fight against exactly what Bernie Moreno is every single day, against people that want to take advantage of our workers.”

Lima News: UAW continues criticism of Moreno
Jacob Espinosa
August 28, 2024

• [Lima autoworkers] criticized [Moreno] in a press conference Wednesday.

• “He’s lying to our faces and getting rich,” UAW Local 1219 President Jeff Adams said. “He’s a megamillionaire and has spent years selling out Ohio workers.”

• “He stole from his own workers, and he steals from people that he might see every day,” UAW Lima-Troy Cap Council chairperson George Jeffries said. “What’s going to keep him representing us 14 million Ohioans, whom he never expects to meet?”

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The Toledo Blade: “Mr. Moreno’s Record As A Car Dealership Owner Has Been Scrutinized Throughout His Campaign. Mr. Moreno Has Faced A Slew Of Lawsuits For Workers’ Wages And Workplace Discrimination.”

NORTHWOOD, OH – This weekend, Ohioans were reminded of Fat Cat Bernie Moreno’s record of “stiffing workers” – in addition to the “slew of lawsuits for workers’ wages and workplace discrimination” he has faced and his lies about selling the Chinese-made Buick Envision, which contributed to Ohio jobs being “shipped overseas.”

The Toledo Blade: Brown, Kaptur rally voters ahead of November election
Alice Momany
September 14, 2024

• Mr. Moreno’s record as a car dealership owner has been scrutinized throughout his campaign. Mr. Moreno has faced a slew of lawsuits for workers’ wages and workplace discrimination.

• When Mr. Moreno started hitting the campaign trail, he said he did not sell the China-made Buick Envision, which was later disproved.

• Just outside the entrance of Local 50 was a blow-up “fat cat” to symbolize greedy bosses, put there by the Ohio Democratic Party.

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