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September 6, 2016

For two hours, union members representing organizations from across northwest Ohio filled downtown Toledo streets for the annual Labor Day parade.

As many as 20,000 people were expected to march in the parade, which stepped off at 9 a.m.

Scores of spectators lined the downtown streets to watch.

Matthew Sanders, 11, of Toledo sprinted toward pieces of candy that landed on Summit Street. He dodged other nearby children, weaving through them as if he were running football drills.

He said he was happy to be at the parade Monday morning.


September 5, 2016

TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - For thousands of union members, this annual labor of love is for the love of Labor.

Representatives from AFSCME, The UAW, Teamsters and more than 100 other unions filled the streets of downtown Toledo this morning.

They were lock-step with local marching bands, flanked by horses and surrounded by flying candy.

An estimated 20,000 union members took part in today's parade. Thousands more watched along the sidewalks of Summit Street.


September 2, 2016

LORAIN — Valor Home, which assists homeless veterans with housing and meals as well as a hand in gaining employment and with addiction and mental health issues, will get continued financial assistance.

The 30-bed West 21st Street facility is one of a number of veterans’ housing facilities that will benefit from an $818,629 grant from the Department of Veterans Affairs through its Supportive Services for Veteran Families program that works to help thousands of low-income veterans and their families.


September 2, 2016

On this Labor Day weekend, we salute the hard-working men and women of labor who build America going forward -- those who get up early before the sun rises, and those who work late into the night.

The dedicated men and women whose work is all too often overlooked and unheralded, but who work hard and play by the rules, and deserve a reasonable living wage, a safe and clean workplace, and earned retirement security.


September 2, 2016

WASHINGTON, D.C. - A Cleveland-based nonprofit social service group has been awarded $2.2 million from the Department of Veterans Affairs to help homeless veterans find permanent housing, U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur announced Thursday.

The money went to FrontLine Service, which manages a variety of programs including Operation Cleveland Home Front, a transitional housing program for Cuyahoga County's homeless veterans and their families.


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