Goldman made out, as its name says, like gold, in this dealing. Goldman announced record earnings during 2009 and distributed $16 billion in year end bonuses, enough to pay each of its 32,500 workers $498,000. That accomplishment, of course, was aided... Full Article at Huffington Post

United Steelworkers (USW) President Leo W. Gerard says the conference “comes at a pivotal time.” America is working to build a green economy. Now, it’s time to ensure that we create good jobs that support our families and our communities—revitalizing... Full Article at AFL-CIO Blog

"The biggest myth America was sold is that you can be wealthy without making wealth." All material within this site Copyright © 2010 Economic Policy Institute. All rights reserved. Full Article at Economic Policy Institute

It’s past time the U.S. government muster the will to take strong action, even imposing emergency tariffs, to level the playing field, several experts, including economist Paul Krugman and United Steelworkers (USW) President Leo Gerard, said yesterday. Full Article at AFL-CIO Blog

Riva Froymovich speaks with Jerome Booth, Head of Research at Ashmore Investment Management. This has left U.S. officials irked. President Barack Obama and his lieutenants, struggling to revive the U.S. economy, have shown growing impatience with... Full Article at Wall Street Journal

Sen. Jim Bunning, the Kentucky Republican who single-handedly delayed unemployment benefits for 400,000 desperate Americans and forced an unnecessary furlough of another 2,000, should be a figure regarded with wonderment. The awesome power he held in... Full Article at Huffington Post

Leo W. Gerard, USW international president, said, "Commerce's decision will help begin to restore fair trade in the coated paper sector. Too many paper workers have already lost their jobs and the community impact has been tragic. The subsidies used by... Full Article at PR Newswire

March 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A recent letter by United Steelworkers (USW) International President Leo W. Gerard to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission raised concerns about our nation's current capability to produce component parts for the... Full Article at PR Newswire

"I think that everyone is frustrated literally, but it's important to understand who we have to be frustrated with," said United Steelworkers president Leo Gerard. Gerard said unions are angry about Republican tactics they view as obstructionist and a... Full Article at eTaiwan News

"I think that everyone is frustrated literally, but it's important to understand who we have to be frustrated with," said United Steelworkers president Leo Gerard. Gerard said unions are angry about Republican tactics they view as obstructionist and a... Full Article at Belleville News-Democrat

United Steelworkers (USW) President Leo W. Gerard recently sat down for a Q&A session with Richard McCormack, editor and publisher of Manufacturing & Technology News. McCormack, an expert in economic competitiveness and globalization, is editor of the n Full Article at AFL-CIO Blog

Leo W. Gerard: Richard, when you appeared recently at Youngstown State University as a guest of the Center for Working-Class Lecture Series, you talked about how essential manufacturing is to the U.S. economy and how politicians seem clueless about that Full Article at Huffington Post

Obama announced the government’s approval of an $8.3 billion loan guarantee for the construction of the reactors on Tuesday, saying that one benefit of the project would be to create jobs. But in a letter sent to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the... Full Article at The Stiletto

WASHINGTON The United Steelworkers union has complained that a government-backed plan to build two nuclear reactors in Georgia will create jobs overseas that should go to American workers. The Vogtle nuclear power plant in Waynesboro, Ga. A new project Full Article at The New York Times

Pascal Boucher, Local 6500’s chief steward of mines, and Mike O’Brien, a striker who normally works at Coleman Mine, collaborated to create a song called The Struggle about the strike. The song begins with a clip of Steelworkers international president... Full Article at LabourStart

The liberal establishmentarians lament the compromises they were compelled to accept but support the bill's passage. In between the two, indignant and stuck, is organized labor. There's no Canadian reimportation to hold down drug costs, on the... Full Article at Miami Herald

Feb. 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Leo W. Gerard, International President of the United Steelworkers (USW), released the following statement to mark the first anniversary of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), praising the stimulus bill... Full Article at PR Newswire

Feb. 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Leo W. Gerard, International President of the United Steelworkers (USW), released the following statement and text of a letter to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Gregory B. Jaczko on the application of... Full Article at PR Newswire

Leo W. Gerard, International President of the United Steelworkers (USW), released the following statement and text of a letter to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Gregory B. Jaczko on the application of Southern Company to build two new... Full Article at Trading Markets