by Leo Gerard | Jun 2, 2015 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
It’s all the rage now for Republican presidential candidates to spurn the Royal Romney approach and, instead, to fawn over workers. When former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum announced his presidential bid last week, he did it from a factory floor and called for increasing...
by Leo Gerard | May 26, 2015 | Blog, Current Issues, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
Senators who voted last week to Fast Track ratification of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) call it a free trade deal, but really, it’s forced trade imposed on protesting American workers who have endured its damaging effects for decades. Under the free trade...
by Leo Gerard | May 19, 2015 | Blog, Economy, Progressive Vision
Some of the biggest banks in the world are expected to plead guilty to felonies this week. Felonies! They are scandalous crimes, too: fraud and antitrust violations. Finally, America will see members of the class that crashed the economy dressed in black and white...
by Leo Gerard | May 12, 2015 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
America is in an abusive relationship with trade-obsessed politicians and corporations. Despite their long history of battering the U.S. middle class with bad trade deal after bad trade deal, these lawmakers and CEOs contend workers should believe that their new...
by Leo Gerard | Apr 28, 2015 | Blog, Economy, Jobs and Growth, Progressive Vision
To give voice to 35 workers killed on the job over the past 35 years at a massive refinery in Texas City, hundreds of surviving family members, co-workers and friends gathered there last month to erect white crosses marked with their names. They conducted the ceremony...
