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Obama Budget Seeks Funds to Counter Unfair China Trade as Xi Begins Visit
American Iron and Steel Institute(X) “Too many American workers have had their jobs stolen from them by foreign unfair, predatory and illegal trade practices,” Leo Gerard, president of the United Steelworkers of America, said yesterday in a statement. Obama’s proposal “makes an...
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"Wages and personal income are both lower in right-to-work states, yet proprietors' income is higher." The "proprietors," the top dogs, win. The workers, the underdogs, lose. And they're defeated by a special advantage that lawmakers give to top dogs...
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WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 11: Leo Gerard, president of the United Steelworkers union, and fellow business leaders speak to the media about President Obama's Forum 'Insourcing American Jobs' at the White House, January 11, 2011 in Washington, DC. The... View Photo »
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Everything we said would happen is happening ... Thirty years of record-breaking trade deficits year after year, except for ’08-’09, have created $7 trillion to $8 trillion in wealth transfer to other economies. Now we have to get the message out: We need a new social compact.
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(X) “Too many American workers have had their jobs stolen from them by foreign unfair, predatory and illegal trade practices,” Leo Gerard, president of the United Steelworkers of America, said yesterday in a statement. Obama’s proposal “makes an...
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Feb. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Leo W. Gerard, international president of the United Steelworkers (USW) issued the following statement today on hearing reports of President Obama's budget proposal that's going to Congress, asking millions for...
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13.1 percent to US$103.9 billion, it was offset by a 9.4 percent increase to a record US$399.3 billion in imports from China. The auto industry was amongst those sectors that set new deficit records: last December alone marked an increase of US$1.8...
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Master Lock President John Heppner (L) talks to United Steelworkers President Leo Gerard (2nd L) as they take their seats for an "Insourcing American Jobs" forum with U.S. President Barack Obama (not pictured) at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building... View Photo »
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Feb. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Leo W. Gerard, international president of the United Steelworkers (USW) issued the following statement today on the record high for the U.S. trade deficit for a single year with China, that includes an overall...
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Feb. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Leo W. Gerard, International President of the United Steelworkers (USW), today issued a positive but cautious reaction to the signing of understandings reached by the U.S. with the European Union, and separately...
About Leo Gerard
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Leo W. Gerard (b. 1947) is a steelworker and a Canadian and American labor leader. He was elected president of the United Steelworkers (USW) in 2001, and is the second Canadian to head the union. He is also a vice president of the AFL-CIO. Full Article
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President Barack Obama talks with United Steelworkers (USW) President Leo W. Gerard, center, during a roundtable meeting on Insourcing American Jobs, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012, in the Old Executive Office Building on the White House campus in Washington.
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Master Lock President John Heppner (L) talks to United Steelworkers President Leo Gerard (2nd L) as they take their seats for an "Insourcing American Jobs" forum with U.S. President Barack Obama (not pictured) at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, January 11, 2012.
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United Mine Workers of America President Cecil E. Roberts, right, bows his head alongside United Steelworkers President Leo Gerard during a moment of silence before the start of a labor rally in Waynesburg, Pa. , Friday, April 1, 2011. Thousands of union coal miners and supporters from...
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President Barack Obama talks with United Steelworkers (USW) President Leo W. Gerard, center, during a roundtable meeting on Insourcing American Jobs, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012, in the Old Executive Office Building on the White House campus in Washington.
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