Voices

No fortunate son

Fellow working Vermonters: I am a former district vice president and member-at-large of the Vermont AFL-CIO (UAW Local 1981). As such, I know there is only one candidate for lieutenant governor who has the backs of working-class Vermonters: State Senator David Zuckerman.

Dave has walked picket lines with me. He, like Bernie Sanders, has fought like hell (against the Democratic and Republican establishment) for livable wages, health care for all, and for the rights of workers, union and non-union alike.

Dave is not a lawyer or the son of a banker (like Shap Smith). He is a farmer, the salt of the earth. He is on our side.

I implore all working Vermonters to vote on this primary day for one of their own. I ask that you join me and my family in voting for Dave, a true ally of the 99 percent.

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