THE PEOPLE'S LOBBY--Donald Day, Secretary-Treasurer of the Ohio AFL-CIO, left, helps carry a banner as members of organized labor march to the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, March 28, 2001. The march was part of the group's Biennial Legislative Conference. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

AFL-CIO LEGISLATIVE CONFERENCE--With the Ohio Statehouse reflected in the glass of the Huntington Bank Bldg., members of organized labor rally during their Biennial Legislative Conference, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, March 28, 2001. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

STRANGE ENCOUNTER--Gov. Bob Taft, left, shakes hands with William Phillis, Executive Director of the Ohio Coalition for Equity & Adequacy of School Funding, following Taft's speech at the AFL-CIO Biennial Legislative Conference, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, March 28, 2001. Ohio AFL-CIO President William Burga is seen on the large screen behind Taft and Phillis. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

AFL-CIO LEGISLATIVE CONFERENCE--Steelworker Blaine Hineline, of Pemberville, Ohio applaudes comments made by Ohio AFL-CIO President William Burga, seen on the large-screen, during the Ohio AFL-CIO Biennial Legislative Conference, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, March 28, 2001. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

AFL-CIO LEGISLATIVE CONFERENCE--House Speaker Larry Householder, R-Glenford, gestures as he speaks at the Ohio AFL-CIO Biennial Legislative Conference, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, March 28, 2001. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

AFL-CIO LEGISLATIVE CONFERENCE--House Minority Leader Jack Ford, D-Toledo, gestures as he speaks at the Ohio AFL-CIO Biennial Legislative Conference, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, March 28, 2001. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)