Economy
June 28, 2014
USW Gerard Urges Trade Enforcement
Written by Sandy Williams
“USW members and non-union workers alike know firsthand the pain inflicted by foreign predatory, protectionist and unfair trade practices,” said Leo W. Gerard, International President, United Steelworkers (USW) before the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance on June 25.
Gerard told Senate members that the only way the USW wins at its efforts to counter unfair trade is by losing. “Lost profits, lost jobs, closed factories, hollowed out communities – that is the price the trade laws demand to show sufficient injury to provide relief.”
