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Workers of the World Unite -- With Shareholders

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Citi, Trinity Mirror, Rex Tillerson, Citigroup, Sec, Aviva, Bp, Chevron, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, Steelworkers, Wells Fargo, Exxonmobil, Usw, United Steelworkers, Dodd-Frank, Astrazeneca, Compass Minerals, 99% Power, Tesoro, Securities and Exchange Commission, Banking, Banks, Business News
Leo W. Gerard

In the wake of Wall Street recklessness that caused economic collapse, Congress gave shareholders and citizens Dodd-Frank to help them constrain self-dealing corporate executives. The 99% Coalition and shareholders are working with those tools even as Republicans vow to take them away.

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Union To Oil Giant: 'Treat Us Equally'

Reuters | Posted 04.28.2012

Read More: United Steelworkers Union, Video, United Steelworkers Exxon, Labor-News, Exxon Mobil, Reuters, Business News, Exxon, United Steelworkers, Labor Unions, Business News

* USW says Exxon has failed to offer key safety provision * Talks for a new contract to continue till mid-June HOUSTON, ...

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End the Delays Deadly to Workers

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Memorial Day, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Chronic Beryllium Disease, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Usw, Beryllium, United Steelworkers, Asbestos, Osha, Silica, Emergency Temporary Standards, Materion Brush, Workers Memorial Day, Gao, Republic Special Metals, Government Accountability Office, Job Safety, Business News
Leo W. Gerard

Saturday is Workers' Memorial Day, a time devoted to commemorating those killed on the job. No one volunteers to sacrifice their life for corporate profit, yet every day in workplaces across this country, the lives of 12 workers are taken, not given.

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American Workers: The Best Bet

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.05.2012

Read More: Foreclosures, President Obama, Gm, United Auto Workers, Mitt Romney, Usw, United Steelworkers, Barack Obama, Big Three, Chrysler, Wall Street, Lehman Brothers, Auto Rescue, Congressional Budget Office, Bear Stearns, Uaw, President Bush, Auto Bailout, U.S. Economy, Economy, Labor Unions, US Economy, Unions, Business News
Leo W. Gerard

Three years later, after President Obama placed his faith in workers, the nation's economic outlook is brighter. As is that of GM and Chrysler. President Obama wagered on American workers. And it paid off.

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An Anti-Worker Union

Ken Blackwell | Posted 04.29.2012

Read More: Unionization, Labor Unions, Unions, Transcanada, Keystone, Keystone XL Pipeline, Afl-Cio, Laborers' International Union, United Steelworkers, Leo Gerard, Keystone Pipeline, Mark Ayers, Oil Refineries, Keystone XL, Business News
Ken Blackwell

Union leaders supporting construction of the Keystone XL pipeline understand that supporting jobs for their members is the reason the unions exist, not to join with the enemy and fight against their own members' best interests.

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Lila Shapiro

'They Aren't Slaves, Right?'

HuffingtonPost.com | Lila Shapiro | Posted 02.23.2012

Read More: Clean Campaign, United Steelworkers Union, Labor, Afl-Cio, United Steelworkers, Navas Car Wash, Clean Car Wash, Carwash, Car Wash Los Angeles, Car Wash Unions, Unions, Car Wash Workers, Car Wash, Robertsons Car Wash, Business News

LOS ANGELES -- In a city obsessed with automobiles and known for its horrendous traffic, a crucial group of laborers have historically been underpaid,...

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Kicking Underdogs When They're Down

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 04.14.2012

Read More: Oliver Twist, Right-to-Work, Wisconsin, Oklahoma, Lonnie K. Stevans, Hofstra University, Usw, United Steelworkers, Epi, Right-to-Work (for Less), Economic Policy Institute, Indiana, Labor Unions, Unions, Politics News
Leo W. Gerard

At a time of dwindling union membership, at a time when labor union participation is so small as to be nearly negligible, state legislatures across the country are taking up right-to-work (for less) laws that will further decimate union ranks.

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America's Failed Mole-by-Mole Trade Policy

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 04.07.2012

Read More: Campaign for American?S Future, Auto Parts, Germany, World Trade Organization, Apple, United Auto Workers, Trade Enforcement Unit, Stakeholder Capitalism, Iphone, Trade Deficit, Usw, United Steelworkers, Wto, China, Economic Policy Institute, Alliance for American Manufacturing, Business News
Leo W. Gerard

Although conservative candidates revel in ridiculing Western Europe, America could learn crucial economic lessons from Germany, which maintains trade surpluses, including one with China in auto parts.

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Retirees Occupy Century Aluminum

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 03.31.2012

Read More: Logan W. Kruger, The 99 Percent, Costa Concordia, Sen. Joe Manchin, Ravenswood, Usw, United Steelworkers, Ellen E. Schultz, The 1 Percent, Wall Street Journal, Retirement Heist, Century Aluminum, Sen. Jay Rockefeller, Captain Francesco Schettino, Business News
Leo W. Gerard

On Dec. 18, a dozen retirees, men and women in their 60s, 70s, even 80s, began occupying a median strip along Route 33 in front of the closed Century Aluminum smelter in Ravenswood, W.Va.

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United Steelworkers Union Warns Strike More Likely

Reuters | Posted 03.29.2012

Read More: Video, u.s. Refinery Workers, United Steelworkers Union, United Steelworkers, United Steelworkers Strike, Refinery Workers Strike, Reuters, Business News

* Strike could begin as early as Wednesday * Contract talks continuing through weekend (Adds details, background, byline...

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Emblematic of 1 Percenters, Cooper Tire Punk'd Workers

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 03.24.2012

Read More: Roy Armes, 1 Percent, Citigroup, Punk?D, Wal-Mart, Bain Capital, Usw, Vikram S. Pandit, United Steelworkers, Venture Capital, Vulture Capital, Dirt Diggers Digest, 99 Percent, Cooper Tire, Phil Mattera, Ashton Kutcher, Business News
Leo W. Gerard

A corporation is accountable to its workers, its customers, its community, its country. The executives who run American corporations have forgotten that. Or they reject it.

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Obama Must Rein in EPA

Ronnie Shows | Posted 03.12.2012

Read More: United Steelworkers, Hydraulic Fracturing, Oil Industry, Job Creation, Barack Obama, Epa, Oil and Gas Companies, Oil and Gas Jobs, Epa Jobs, Mining Jobs, Oil Jobs, Business News
Ronnie Shows

The EPA means well, but killing American jobs during a slow growth recovery will not reduce our consumption of oil, or help get President Obama reelected. It will kill jobs here and help elect Mitt Romney. I oppose both.

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Tire Company Accused Of Unfair Labor Practices During Lockout

AP | By JOHN SEEWER | Posted 12.08.2011

Read More: Video, Union Labor, Lockout, Ohio, United Steelworkers, Cooper Tire, Unions, National Labor Relations Board, Union Labor Laws, Business News

TOLEDO, Ohio -- Factory workers who have been locked out for over a week accused Cooper Tire of unfair labor practices, accusing the company of asking...

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Traditional Voting Fails; Alternative Works

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 01.07.2012

Read More: Social Security, President Obama, Koch Brothers, Move Your Money, Voting, Usw, Deficit Reduction, Medicaid, United Steelworkers, Congress, Occupy Wall Street, Citizens for Tax Justice, CNN Poll, Barack Obama, Bank of America, Labor, Super Committee, Wall Street, Cbs Poll, Medicare, Debit Card Fee, Politics News
Leo W. Gerard

Saturday was "move your money" day. Wall Street banks won't tell how many customers they lost. But depositors, more than 78,000 of whom pledged to make the move, made their point. They voted differently. They voted with their feet and their wallets. And they won.

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Sacrilege: Wall Street Worship

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 12.31.2011

Read More: 99 Percenters, Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, International Monetary Fund, 1 Percenters, Usw, United Steelworkers, Occupy Wall Street, Pope John Paul II, Recession, Financial Collapse, Henry Clay Frick, Debt Reduction Super Committee, Labor, Unemployment, Wall Street, Herman Cain, Congressional Budget Office, Rick Perry, Christian, Catholic, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Andrew Carnegie, Politics News
Leo W. Gerard

Americans have been worshiping a bull. Too many citizens, and particularly politicians, prostrate themselves to Wall Street's bronze idol.

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L.A. Car Wash Workers Sign Industry's First Union Contract

Akito Yoshikane | Posted 10.28.2011

Read More: Car Wash Union, CLEAN Carwash Campaign, United Steelworkers, Carwasheros, Car Wash Unionization, LA Car Wash Union, Car Wash Union Rights, Workers Rights, Los Angeles News
Akito Yoshikane

Thirty Southern California car wash workers have become the first in the business to sign a union contract -- and organizers are hoping more will follow suit.

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The Incredible Shrinking GOP Field

Carl Pope | Posted 07.27.2011

Read More: Cap and Trade, Gop 2012, Donald Trump, Mitch Daniels, United Steelworkers, Tim Pawlenty, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Newt Gingrich, Sierra Club, Green News
Carl Pope

As late as 2006, the GOP had a set of clean energy advocates in high places. Those leaders are all still powerfully placed within the GOP. But they seem to be mindful of the remarkable know-nothing standard set for GOP candidates.

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Lucia Graves

Environmental Coalition Backs Sen. Sherrod Brown's New Green Jobs Bill

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 07.26.2011

Read More: Apollo Alliance, Green Jobs, Sherrod Brown, Economy, Jobs, United Steelworkers, BlueGreen Alliance, Manufacturing Jobs, Transportation, Rustbelt, 112th Congress, Senator Sherrod Brown, Freight, Transit, Sierra Club, Transportation Infrastructure, Green News

WASHINGTON -- Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) joined green jobs leaders Thursday to tout a merger of green development groups and planned advocacy for ...

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Chris Kirkham

Japan Crisis Highlights U.S. Nuclear Safety Issues

HuffingtonPost.com | Chris Kirkham | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Japan Earthquake, Japan, Japan Tsunami, Nuclear Power, Japan Earthquake 2011, Progress Energy, Fuel Rods, Entergy, United Steelworkers, Reactor Oversight Program, Nuclear Reactor, Honeywell Specialty Materials Plant, Indian Point Nuclear Plant, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Brunswick Nuclear Power Plant, Union of Concerned Scientists, Calvert Cliffs Plant, Japan Nuclear Reactor, Hb Robinson Plant, Nrc, Japan Nuclear Meltdown, Business News

The nuclear crisis in Japan has prompted a re-examination of the safety net for nuclear power in the United States, with former regulators and safety ...

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Wisconsin Subterfuge Violates American Democratic Values

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sunshine Law, Public Sector Workers, First Amendment, Collective Bargaining Rights, Koch Brothers, Wisconsin, Country Club Conservatives, Scott Walker, Filibuster, Usw, United Steelworkers, Open Meeting Law, Obama Administration, Politics News
Leo W. Gerard

Scott Walker & Crew got what they wanted. They commandeered from workers the right to collectively bargain for a better life. They did it with nefarious methods that disrespect the Constitution, disrespect democracy and disrespect workers.

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On Women's Day, GOP Attacks Women

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Collective Bargaining, Women of Steel, Wisconsin, Sweatshop, International Women?S Day, Grupo Mexico, Pasta De Conchos, Usw, International Ladies? Garment Workers? Union, Womens? Trade Union League, United Steelworkers, Unions, Firestone, Sweatshops, Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, International Women's Day, Business News
Leo W. Gerard

The GOP is intent on setting women back. If Republican governors across the country succeed in confiscating collective bargaining rights from public sector workers, women will be hurt most.

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Lila Shapiro

Toxic Chemicals, Cancer And Steelworkers: Labor Dispute Reaches Head In Superman's Hometown

HuffingtonPost.com | Lila Shapiro | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: United Steelworkers, Labor, Honeywell, Unions, Usw, Labor Disputes, Business News

This post has been updated. A tense labor dispute involving hundreds of union workers and a highly toxic chemical compound is coming to head this wee...

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Keeping Our Air Clean Puts Americans to Work

Frances Beinecke | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Labor, Green Jobs, Carbon Emissions, Epa, United Steelworkers, Climate Change, Blue Green Alliance, Labor Unions, Clean Air Act, Fred Upton, Green News
Frances Beinecke

We can have economic growth without stinking up our communities. We can generate jobs without making workers breathe in air that causes cancer, asthma, and cardiac disease.

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Making America the Best Place on Earth to Work

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Corporate Profits, President Obama, Jobs, Usw, United Steelworkers, U.S. Constitution, Capitalism, Barack Obama, Recession, Leo W. Gerard, U.S. Supreme Court, Corporate Welfare, Deficit, Unemployment, Socialism, State of the Union, Union, Business News
Leo W. Gerard

The most telling line in the State of the Union address was this: "We have to make America the best place on Earth to do business." Especially because it wasn't matched by this: "We have to make America the best place on Earth to work."

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Time to Wield the Foreign Policy Stick

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Currency Manijpulation, President Obama, Sen. Sherrod Brown, Teddy Roosevelt, Sen. Bob Casey, Sen. Debbie Stabenow, C.F. Martin & Co., Usw, Manufacturing, United Steelworkers, Michael Williams, China, u.s. Steel, International Trade, Counterfeiting, Chinese President Hu Jintao, Trade, Illegal Subsidies, Business News
Leo W. Gerard

America plays the role of abused partner in its relationship with China. Although the Asian giant repeatedly injures U.S. industry by violating trade rules, America has responded by pleading and begging for China to stop.

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