Bruce Bostick

Bruce Bostick is a retired steelworker and leader in Ohio Steelworkers Organization of Active Retirees.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Bruce Bostick

Labor

Ohio Republicans set to pass SB 5, repeal drive begins
March 30, 2011 By Bruce Bostick
The situation is very fluid, shifting daily, but Ohio House Republicans have the votes to pass the vicious anti-worker Senate Bill 5.
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Labor

Ohio workers shake Capitol in giant SB 5 protest
March 14, 2011 By Bruce Bostick
The walls of the Statehouse literally shook, as thousands of workers, in hard hats and gear, marched to the Capitol grounds behind a delegation of bagpipes and drums.
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Opinion

Social Security victory shows organizing is the way
February 14, 2011 By Bruce Bostick
The struggle to protect Social Security from the Republicans and the Fiscal Reform Commission won a victory in President Obama's State of the Union address, and there's a lesson here.
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Opinion

NFL – the untold story
February 9, 2011 By Bruce Bostick
I'm sure that some folks sitting in front of their TVs watching the Super Bowl last week were wondering, "Why does the little working-class town of Green Bay have an NFL franchise?"
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U.S.

Ohio poll: Don’t cut people’s programs
January 31, 2011 By Bruce Bostick
The old adage that people may want the ox gored, but not their ox, appears to hold true in the findings of an Quinnipiac poll published last week in Ohio.
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U.S.

Steelworkers, retirees back Democrat John Boccieri
October 18, 2010 By Bruce Bostick
"It is disgusting that the other side has resorted to lies directed at retirees and seniors, attempting to frighten them into voting against their own interests."
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Labor

Congressional hearing held on Delphi pension issues
July 19, 2010 By Bruce Bostick
"Ohio is losing $58 million a year because our pensions were cut," stated Bruce Gump, president of the Delphi Salaried Retirees Committee, in testimony at a hearing of the Congressional Finances Committee in Canfield, Ohio, July...
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Opinion

People’s movement asserts new power
March 30, 2010 By Bruce Bostick
It appears that the grassroots movement that helped elect Obama and the Democratic Congress has reemerged. Even the president himself hit the road, mobilizing folks.
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