by Leo Gerard | Jul 12, 2019 | Blog, Featured, Future of Work, I Speak, International, Jobs and Growth, Koch Brothers
Leo Gerard, a longtime contributor to OurFuture, retires Monday after 54 years as a union man and 18 as the International President of United Steelworkers (USW). We thank Leo for his leadership and tireless efforts for working people around the world. I was raised in...
by Leo Gerard | Jun 27, 2019 | Blog, Featured, Future of Work, Politics, Trade
Mick Mulvaney, the millionaire who is President Trump’s acting chief of staff and director of the Office of Management and Budget, has now awarded himself another job: spokesman for labor. Referring to the proposed new NAFTA, he told the Wall Street Journal, “We know...
by Leo Gerard | May 28, 2019 | Archive, Blog, Featured, Koch Brothers, Organizing, Philanthropy, Politics
There’s a new Koch organization in town. Instead of trying to buy politicians to do the bidding of billionaires, as Charles and David Koch have historically done, their rebranded network now says they will support community groups trying to cure the miseries of eons –...
by Leo Gerard | May 23, 2019 | Archive, Blog, Featured, Future of Work
Abigail Disney, granddaughter of the co-founder of the Walt Disney Co., called out the family business’ current CEO last month for making what’s supposed to be the happiest place on earth pretty darn miserable for its workers. All of the company profits shouldn’t be...
by Leo Gerard | May 17, 2019 | Blog, Featured, Future of Work, Health, Jobs and Growth
Last month, in a Pittsburgh parking lot following a conference on type one diabetes, three women stood crying. Two of them, mother and teenaged daughter, had just handed a stranger, 25-year-old Michelle, three shopping bags full of insulin pump supplies. Michelle was...
