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 Hi friend: I want to share an old photo with you. This is my grandma, Helen Finkenauer, with my dad, Jerry, who was just a baby then. This photo always brings a smile to my face, but it also reminds me of a big issue – one that's at the forefront of my mind every day that I'm on the campaign trail for our race to defeat Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA).
You see, back in 1958, my grandfather was able to come home from the war and find a job – and not just any job. A very good paying union job. He was able to make a living for his family of four, with money left over to get a chance to enjoy life. Not only that, he and Grandma had a sense of security knowing a pension and retirement would be there for them in the future.
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It's nice to get nostalgic about old photos, but with that nostalgia comes an important realization: This picture wouldn't exist if my grandpa didn't have the means, provided by his union job, to purchase a camera.
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You see, working families are my family. That little kid you see in the photo above went on to become a union pipefitter-welder, and it was that good job that allowed our family to have a solid quality of life when I was growing up. We need a senator who will fight for legislation that bolsters the middle class. Sen. Grassley isn't that guy. But my public service has always – always – been about the fight for working families like mine.
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