AFL-CIO 6th annual dinner Thursday night in NIles

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The Mahoning Trumbull AFL-CIO’s sixth annual dinner begins at 6 p.m. Thursday at McMenamy’s Banquet Center, 325 Youngstown-Warren Road.

Speakers are Ted Strickland, former Democratic Ohio governor who is running for U.S. Senate, and Ed Schultz, national journalist and talk-show host.

U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan of Howland, D-13th, also is scheduled to appear.

Dinner starts at 6:30 p.m.

Tickets cost $40.