‘I’m tired of getting kicked in the teeth’: firefighting union leader seeks to shake up Congress
Key takeaways
- Bob Brooks, running for Pennsylvania’s seventh district, at an event in Bethlehem last month.
- Prefer the Guardian on GoogleBob Brooks has worked a lot of jobs, sometimes several at once to make ends meet.
- He was a paper boy at age 10, and then a dishwasher, prep cook, pizza deliverer, bartender and truck driver.
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Bob Brooks, running for Pennsylvania’s seventh district, at an event in Bethlehem last month. Photograph: Matt Rourke/APView image in fullscreen Bob Brooks, running for Pennsylvania’s seventh district, at an event in Bethlehem last month. Photograph: Matt Rourke/APUS unions‘I’m tired of getting kicked in the teeth’: firefighting union leader seeks to shake up Congress Pennsylvania’s Bob Brooks one of a slew of working-class Democrats on the ballot – can he beat a Koch-backed rival?
Prefer the Guardian on GoogleBob Brooks has worked a lot of jobs, sometimes several at once to make ends meet.
He was a paper boy at age 10, and then a dishwasher, prep cook, pizza deliverer, bartender and truck driver. Even after he became a firefighter in 2005, Brooks managed to start a snow-removal and lawn-care business and coach baseball.