Leo Gerard
LATEST ARTICLES BY Leo Gerard
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Labor
Soul of a union man—Leo Gerard recalls 54 years in the movement
July 25, 2019Employers have to learn that taking on workers at one factory means taking on workers at all of their workplaces internationally.
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Opinion
NAFTA old and new — deals by the rich for the rich
June 20, 2019One percenters like Mick Mulvaney, self-dealing corporate honchos and fancy-pants corporate lobbyists negotiated the deals. Those fat cats claimed they spoke for labor. But when they opened their mouths, only the word profit emerged.
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Politics
Workers petition Congress: Protect our pensions
December 7, 2018"The total number of workers at risk is 1.2 million. In my union, the United Steelworkers, 100,000 are threatened."
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Labor
Workers Memorial Day reminder: Saving lives is dangerous
April 27, 2018Working in a hospital, nursing home or ambulance is dangerous -- sometimes fatally so.
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U.S.
Trump’s infrastructure con: He promised so much and delivered so little
February 16, 2018Candidate Trump boasted he would double what Clinton said she’d spend on infrastructure. The scheme released by the Trump administration this week fails to do that.
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Opinion
GOP goes for win on taxes, consequences be damned
December 1, 2017Republicans are appeasing fat-cat CEOs and shareholders to get themselves a win on taxes.
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Labor
Trump offers fool’s gold to fund infrastructure
June 15, 2017Americans should not be charged twice for maintenance of the public good, once through tax breaks to investors and again in outrageous tolls and fees the investors charge.
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Environment
Needed: Clean environment and good jobs—or we’ll have neither!
June 9, 2017Some viewed pollution as a blessing, a harbinger of jobs. Air that tasted of sulfur signified paychecks. But it meant early death.
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