by Leo Gerard | Jul 22, 2009 | Blog, Making it in America
A post by Leo Gerard and Scott N. Paul Our nation faces rising unemployment, staggering debts, shrinking trade, and no sense of when (and if) a real recovery -- one that reaches Main Street and working families -- will take hold. As the federal government responds to...
by Leo Gerard | Jul 14, 2009 | Blog
Just days ago, America celebrated her birthday with fireworks, spontaneous renditions of the Star Spangled Banner and chants of, “We’re Number One!” In a crucial area, health care, the chant is untrue. Many of us love the individual doctors who may have saved our...
by Leo Gerard | Jun 22, 2009 | Blog
Republican Party Chairman Michael Steele appears to be suffering from philosophical identity confusion. He’s got an organization named United STEELE Workers Union, white hardhat emblem and all, collecting members for him on Facebook. It had 255 worldwide as of June...
by Leo Gerard | Jun 2, 2009 | Blog, Making it in America
A group of tire importers that should be competitors banded together recently to ally themselves with China in a trade case. Doesn't sound like they're working for the interests of the United States, does it? No, they're not. They're collaborating with China against...
by Leo Gerard | May 26, 2009 | Blog
Randel K. Johnson, vice president of that esteemed group, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, recently revealed a corporate-squelched truth in a slip of the tongue. During a debate on May 15 with Stewart Acuff of the AFL-CIO about the Employee Free Choice Act, Johnson...
