[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="297" caption="Green Party gubernatorial candidate greets night workers during a shift change at the Momentive plant in Waterford."]
Howie Hawkins, the Green Party candidate for governor, disputes the notion that too much spending is the cause of New York's budget woes. He said simply ending the rebates of the stock-transfer tax would turn a multibillion-dollar deficit into a multibillion-dollar surplus.
WATERFORD (Sept. 15) — Howie Hawkins wanted the night workers to know he's one of them.
Not only is the Green Party's candidate for governor a union member — a Teamster — but he also works 3rd shift. So during a shift change at the Momentive plant, he stood at a parking-lot entrance greeting the leaving 2nd-shift workers and arriving 3rd-shift workers.
“I sympathize with the people who work the night shift,” said Hawkins — who also said he is considering visits to other night-shift personnel, such as convenience-store clerks and diner workers.
Read more at SoSara.com
Howie Hawkins, the Green Party candidate for governor, disputes the notion that too much spending is the cause of New York's budget woes. He said simply ending the rebates of the stock-transfer tax would turn a multibillion-dollar deficit into a multibillion-dollar surplus.
WATERFORD (Sept. 15) — Howie Hawkins wanted the night workers to know he's one of them.
Not only is the Green Party's candidate for governor a union member — a Teamster — but he also works 3rd shift. So during a shift change at the Momentive plant, he stood at a parking-lot entrance greeting the leaving 2nd-shift workers and arriving 3rd-shift workers.
“I sympathize with the people who work the night shift,” said Hawkins — who also said he is considering visits to other night-shift personnel, such as convenience-store clerks and diner workers.
Read more at SoSara.com
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