Showing posts with label Leo Gerard. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Leo Gerard. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Friday, April 20, 2012

The 1% Economy

this is part of the training program of the 99% spring training program worth watching for history and more

Friday, October 21, 2011

Thursday, October 6, 2011

wall street and usw; we support the protests

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy



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I think all organized labor should join this movement. My opinion, this should have been done before 2010 election

note: some of the teabaggers upset other folks stealing their thunder if you watch other commentaries and read other comments.

Monday, February 28, 2011

debate on buy American 10/09

excellent debate

Any project funded by February’s $789 billion stimulus package is meant to use only US made steel and manufactured goods. Any financial institution receiving bail out funds must give preference to citizens. Will these policies backfire? Opponents say these policies will have little direct impact on job creation, and could have very harmful repercussions by triggering a global trade war in which each country seeks to “beggar its neighbor” in a vicious cycle of economic decline. Proponents argue that these policies focus taxpayer money to yield the biggest benefit for American families, they help American business to compete with cheap foreign labor, and that governments the world over already favor their domestic industries. Are we subsidizing the inefficient, or sparking a much needed boost to the economy?

BUY AMERICAN/HIRE AMERICAN POLICIES WILL BACKFIRE (Full Debate) from Intelligence Squared US on Vimeo.



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technically speaking, Leo G lost this debate with the audiance poll at end. Alas, I am in Leo's camp

Thursday, December 9, 2010

Leo Gerard on job --Obama

http://ourfuture.org interviews Leo Gerard, president of the United Steelworkers union, after the White House summit on jobs December 3. He says in this interview that he was buoyed by the good ideas that emerged from summit participants. He also praises Obama for focusing on creating jobs. Now, he says, attention must move to Congress and the administration to address the infrastructure, trade, training and program spending issues that must be tackled to produce jobs in both the short and long term.



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Monday, August 3, 2009

Leo Gerard on employee free choice act update

This was an interview with president of the USW about Employee Free Choice Act last month.


More at The Real News

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Teach-In Capitol Hill 5-19-09 end Bus tour

Below are the remarks of Leo Gerard, president of the USW at the end of the Bus tour. This is the "Teach-In" on cap hill.

Note to Leo, some in congress are pretty slow students ( no disrespect to slow students in schools intended).



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Opinion: Bus tour was good idea, but the tour should have been done long ago.