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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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What Hu's Washington Visit Says About Climate Change

Daniel Firger | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wind Power, Climate Change, Wto, Hu Jintao, China, Foreign Policy, President Obama, Yuan, Usw, China Trade Balance, World News
Daniel Firger

China's enormous domestic market provides the perfect laboratory for experiments in clean energy innovation, with winning ideas reproduced on a scale large enough to drive down costs worldwide.

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Rights Come with Responsibilities; the Right Shirks Theirs

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gop, Bill O?Reilly, Tea Party, Joyce Kaufman, Rush Limbaugh, Homeland Security, Sharron Angle, Byron Williams, Usw, United Steelworkers, Jon Kyl, Sarah Palin, Republican, Sean Hannity, Megan Meier, Clarence Dupnik, Lori Drew, Allen West, Harry Reid, Glenn Beck, Gabrielle Giffords, Tides Foundation, Aclu, Politics News
Leo W. Gerard

Five years ago, a 47-year-old Missouri woman began a duplicitous on-line courtship through MySpace with a 13-year-old neighbor who once had been frien...

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Honeywell Spending More to Keep Workers Locked out Than the Cost of Their Demands

Mike Elk | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Honeywell Workers, Honeywell, Usw Workers, Usw, Business News
Mike Elk

Union officials claim it's outrageous for Honeywell to claim they do not have $20 million to maintain their current health and retiree benefits over three years when they are willing to lose $22 million alone through lost production.

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Republicans Don't Trust Americans

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gop, Karl Rove, Cigna Corp., U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Big Business, Usw, United Steelworkers, Citizens United, Center for American Progress, U.S. Supreme Court, American Crossroads Gps, Wall Street, Health Insurance Companies, Mel Sembler, Larry Bartels, American Future Fund, Wendell Potter, New York Times, Bruce Rastetter, Hawkeye Energy Holdings, Chicago Tribune, Attack Ads, Noam N. Levey, DISCLOSE Act, Health Insurance Reform, Politics News
Leo W. Gerard

Republican operatives want to shield voters from knowing who is actually paying for GOP attack ads. They fear the consequences if Americans know the truth.

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Assert Yourself, America; Don't Be an Illegal Trade Victim

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Zhao Feng, Keith Bradsher, Wind Turbines, Forced Technology Transfer, U.S. Trade Representative, Bp, Terbium, Hunan Sunzone Optoelectronics, Nyt, Exports, Usw, United Steelworkers, China, Solar World, Stimulus, Evergreen Solar, World Trade Organization, Imports, Frank A. Asbeck, Rare Earth, New York Times, Wto, Dysprosium, Rare Earth Materials, Solar Cells, Energy Debates, Business News
Leo W. Gerard

How is it that America finds herself in the position of schoolyard patsy, woe-is-me casualty of China's illegal trade practices that are destroying U.S. renewable energy manufacturing and foreclosing an energy-independent future?

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GOP Vilifies Workers Who Serve the Public

Fred Redmond | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Scott Brown, Merrill Lynch, U.S. Government?S National Compensation Survey, Public Sector Workers, John Thain, Wall Street, Mitch Daniels, Usw, United Steelworkers, Right Wing, Council on State and Local Government Excellence, Public Sector Conference, National Institute for Retirement Security, Business News
Fred Redmond

While Republicans are blasting public sector workers, they voted against reforming Wall Street, where compensation and bonuses remain immorally high even after taxpayers footed a bailout.

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U.S. Files Historic Labor Complaint Against Guatemala

Akito Yoshikane | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Free Trade Agreements, Labor Unions, Colombia, South Korea, Usw, Ron Kirk, Afl-Cio, Obama Administration, Guatemala, U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement, Unions, World News
Akito Yoshikane

The United States filed a complaint against Guatemala for failure to enforce labor agreements outlined in a free trade deal with Central American countries, making it the first time the U.S. has brought a case against a trade partner.

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For the Strength of Rosie the Riveter: Make It in America

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: American Manufacturing, Usw, Manufacturing, United Steelworkers, Currency Manjipulation, China, One Nation Working Together, Chrysler, Grand Cherokee, Mellman Group, Rosie the Riveter, Daniel Lipinski, Whit Ayres, Mark Mellman, Jeep, Alliance for American Manufacturing, Aam, Business News
Leo W. Gerard

Shuttered factories and off-shored manufacturing are sapping American strength. Manufacturing needs help, and with unemployment stuck at 9.5 percent, so do the American people. "Make it in America" is that aid.

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More Regulation the Solution, Not the Problem

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Massey Energy, Tea Party, Marco Rubio, Bp, Ronald Reagan, Gulf of Mexico, American Petroleum Institute, Usw, United Steelworkers, Mike Pence, Osha, House GOP Conference, San Antonio Express-News, Gary Beevers, Occupational Health and Safety Administration, Don Blankenship, Wall Street, Katrina, Process Safety Management, Rick Perry, Tesoro, Free Market, Ron Chittim, Texas City, Gulf Coast, Business News
Leo W. Gerard

The governors of the Gulf Coast states, all Republicans, asked the federal government for help dealing with the BP oil spill -- yeah, the government, ...

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Q&A with Veteran Labor Organizer Stewart J. Acuff

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Getting America Back to Work, Bp, Ronald Reagan, Green Jobs, Gulf of Mexico, Employee Free Choice Act, Renewable Energy, Financial Elite, Usw, Stewart Acuff, Afl-Cio, United Steelworkers, Uwua, Efca, Wall Street, Utility Workers Union of America, Richard A. Levins, Deepwater Horizon, Tarp, Business News
Leo W. Gerard

The economic history of the twentieth century is crystal clear. When unions were strong, working people had the lion's share of income and the economy worked well.

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U.S. Politicians Deny the Obvious Injury; U.S. Manufacturing Bleeds

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Currency Manipulation, Mellman Group, Paper Industry, Black Knight, King Arthur, Usw, United Steelworkers, Renminbi, Subsidies, Paper Manufacturers, China, G-20, Alliance for American Manufacturing, Monty Python, Leo W. Gerard, Aam, Business News
Leo W. Gerard

In the trade clash between China and America, the Asian giant has gravely wounded the US. China knows it. U.S. voters of all political stripes know it. But too many American politicians are in denial.

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