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Some Jobs Taxpayers Don't Need to Buy

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 12.03.2009 | Business

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Leo W. Gerard

A second stimulus is completely reasonable at a time when there are six unemployed Americans for every job opening and when it takes six months on average for an unemployed worker to find a job.

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CEOs, Union Leader Agree: Manufacturing Strategy Crucial

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 12.02.2009 | Business

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Leo W. Gerard

Since precious few Americans, even those in the same political party, agree on how to realign America, a typecast smack down between CEOs and unionists might have begun when they met. But it didn't.

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Unions Battle New Age Robber Barons

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 07.08.2008 | Business

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Leo W. Gerard

To succeed now, unions must be able to stand toe-to-toe with global corporations on their own turf, which means in many cases unions too must be global.

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