USW Supports 'Occupy Wall Street' Protest Mon, 10/03/2011 -
6:51am  Wall StreetPITTSBURGH, Sept. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire-
USNewswire/ -- Leo W. Gerard, International President of the
United Steelworkers (USW), North America's largest industrial
union with 1.2 million active and retired members, today issued
the following statement in support of the Occupy Wall Street
protest movement:   Our union has been standing up and fighting
these captains of finance who promote Wall Street over Main
Street. We know firsthand the devastation caused by a global
economy where workers, their families, the environment and our
futures are sacrificed so that a privileged few can make more
money on everyone's labor but their own.  Wall Street and its
counterparts on Bay Street (Toronto), The City (London) and
across the world tanked our economy in 2008. They caused a
crisis that we're still suffering from - record job losses, home
foreclosures, cuts to schools, public services, police, fire and
so much more. They've gambled with ou