by Leo Gerard | Oct 14, 2011 | Blog, Making it in America
As the Occupy Wall Street movement spread across the nation last week, politicians in D.C. flipped the bird at protesters – including those camping in Washington’s McPherson Square. Here’s how: While occupiers sought political focus on the unemployment, impoverishment...
by Leo Gerard | Oct 7, 2011 | Blog
To convey the significance of the Occupy Wall Street movement, NBC News anchor Brian Williams this week quoted the 1960s Buffalo Springfield song, For What It’s Worth: “There is something happening here. What it is ain't exactly clear.” Maybe it’s unclear what the...
by Leo Gerard | Sep 26, 2011 | Blog, Making it in America
Leo Gerard will be addressing the Oct. 3-5 Take Back the American Dream conference about the "Contract for the American Dream" and how we can "Stop Outsourcing the American Dream." Click here to register. America is being played. The U.S. allowed China to join the...
by Leo Gerard | Aug 31, 2011 | Blog
Celebrate Labor Day. Really, celebrate. It’s important. Wear a t-shirt announcing to the world the name of your union and march in a parade, chanting and whooping it up about how glad you are to belong to an organization whose members are devoted to looking out for...
by Leo Gerard | Jul 27, 2011 | Blog, Economy, Making it in America
Written with Leo Hindery Jr., Chair of the Smart Globalization Initiative at the New America Foundation America is facing a catastrophic jobs crisis. Not since the Great Depression has official unemployment hovered above nine percent – where it is today – for more...
