To the editor:
Recently, Democrat presidential candidate and Vice President Kamala Harris campaigned in Aliquippa, Pa.
A week before, I attended the St. Rocco Festival in Aliquippa. The religious procession with a band on the hilltop was well attended. Each family proudly held banners of past family members. Various homes placed tables in front with wine, beer, liquor, homemade cookies and sandwiches.
The procession ended at the Italian Musical and Political Club. Food and drink were provided for free.
After the parade, I thought I would explore Aliquippa, since I remembered when my Serbian pal took me on a grand tour in 1967.
What a difference -- I believe the Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp. mill had five blast furnaces working. Everything was booming -- now, it is all gone.
However, there is a monument at the base of the hill that recognizes the Supreme Court decision of 1937 that upheld the Wagner Act that gave workers the right to form a union and to strike. Not included are federal workers, such as the air traffic controllers who were fired under President Ronald Reagan.
Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump recently told Elon Musk that if a worker is on strike, he or she should be fired. This shows Trump's ignorance of federal law that protects workers in general.
Jim Rinaldo
Toronto