THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Friday, May 3, 1996 TAG: 9605030002
SECTION: FRONT PAGE: A14 EDITION: FINAL
TYPE: Letter
LENGTH: Short : 34 lines
At a recent conference held in Washington, D.C., Labor representatives from Norfolk had the opportunity to hear remarks from Mayor Wellington Webb of Denver, Colo.
He told how his city council united to ensure decent paying jobs with health care and retirment benefits, because just having a job was not good enough. Minimum-wage jobs do not enable families to purchase the basic necessities in life and the American Dream (owning a home) can only be a dream for them.
Mayor Webb also promoted education through vocational schools and apprenticeship training programs for the young men and women who do not elect to go, or cannot afford to go, to college.
Wes Swindell is a candidate who shares the same views for Norfolk. Wes knows that without decent-paying jobs and education for our young, Norfolk's future will not be bright for all its citizens.
The working men and women of labor will vote Wes Swindell for Norfolk City Council Superward 7. Others should join them.
JERRY L. HUTTON
Hampton Roads Building
and Construction Trades Council
Norfolk, April 29, 1996 by CNB