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Recovery Act Advocates Good Jobs, More Investment Needed

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)– 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 for creating, sustaining and saving good jobs. “The United Steelworkers applauds the findings of the Obama Administration[Read More…]

USW: More and more agree that manufacturing is the answer

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)– Support for manufacturing continues to grow in the United States, as the results of a new poll show and as more and more economists – even conservative ones – say that returning to a manufacturing-based economy is what our nation needs to create good jobs. Check out this[Read More…]

New Nuclear Energy Components Must Not be Sourced from China

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)– 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 nuclear reactors in Burke County, GA.   President Obama is[Read More…]

Supreme Court Complicates Campaign Finance Rules

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)– From Stateline.org: From the 1880s until just before World War I, Montana was essentially owned by mining companies, and most of all by Anaconda Copper. Money bought political power: An industry mogul openly bribed his way to a U.S. Senate seat; the choice of a state capital was[Read More…]

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