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More on Leo Gerard: Nov. 2, 2011 - Union Chief Leo Gerard: 'Resistance Movement' Needed to Seize Bridges, Banks in Case OWS Fails

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....."The Steelworkers' executive council appointed Gerard [George Becker's] successor on February 21, 2001. Gerard quickly assembled a slate of supporters (many of them incumbent officers in the international union), and announced he would run for the presidency in the union's regularly scheduled elections in November 2001. He was elected without opposition to four-year terms in 2001, 2005 and 2009. Gerard was the second Canadian to head the United Steelworkers, after Lynn R. Williams (1983-1994)."..... Source

All this reminds me of Teamster President Jimmy Hoffa warming up a crowd at a rally for Barack Obama Sept 2011: "President Obama, this is your army. We are ready to march. Let's take these son of bitches out and give America back to an America where we belong."

>>>>"We got to keep an eye on the battle that we face: The war on workers. And you see it everywhere, it is the Tea Party. And you know, there is only one way to beat and win that war. The one thing about working people is we like a good fight. And you know what? They've got a war, they got a war with us and there's only going to be one winner. It's going to be the workers of Michigan, and America. We're going to win that war," Jimmy Hoffa said to a heavily union crowd.<<<<<