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This promo for www.progressivevoices.com features Stan Johnson, International Secretary-Treasurer of the USW.

Stan discusses why President Trump’s SCOTUS nominee, Neil Gorsuch, is not a friend of working Americans.

Unfortunately, Gorsuch’s record demonstrates him to be a corporatist who doesn’t stand up for working men and women.

One example of this is detailed by Stan, where he tells the story of a truck driver who was fired after nearly freezing to death in sub-zero cold in an unheated truck cab while awaiting a mechanic. SCOTUS nominee Neil Gorsuch ruled against the trucker, and with the corporation that fired him.

USW President Leo Gerard wrote about this example and more in his weekly blog for The Huffington Post. You can read it here: https://tinyurl.com/kqdsr5o

Stan Johnson has served as International Secretary-Treasurer since May 6, 2009. He was re-elected to the position by acclamation in 2013.

As Secretary-Treasurer, Johnson oversees the finances of the USW. He also heads the USW’s award-winning grassroots legislative initiative, Rapid Response.

Johnson chairs the Rubber and Plastics Industry Conference, participating in major bargaining, including leading successful contract talks with the nation’s three largest tire makers in 2013. He also chairs the International Paper Conference and co-chairs the Georgia Pacific Council.

The website for the USW is www.USW.org. Their Twitter handle is @Steelworkers. USW President Leo Gerard’s handle is @USWblogger.

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