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From YouTube: Key to the City Presentation: Leo Gerard - 8/22/19
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Mayor William Peduto held a 'Key to the City' ceremony honoring retired Steelworkers President Leo Gerard.
A
We're
honored
to
be
gathered
here
to
celebrate
a
Pittsburgh
legend
Leo
Gerard
for
his
years
of
service,
not
only
to
the
United
Steelworkers
but
to
the
city
in
to
the
country
and
the
work
that
he
has
done.
Fighting
for
workers,
rights
for
the
middle
class
and
for
all
American
families.
By
presenting
him
a
key
to
the
city
of
Pittsburgh,
we'd
like
to
begin
by
welcoming
a
statement
on
behalf
of
all
of
organized
labor
and
I'd
like
to
welcome
up
Darren
Kelly.
The
president
of
the
Allegheny
County
labor
council.
B
Thank
you,
my
friends.
When
we
talk
about
issues
of
the
key
to
the
city,
it's
more
than
just
a
catchphrase
and
it's
more
than
just
occupying
a
certain
region.
It
is
the
impact
of
what
you
have
done
for
that
region.
We
can
sit
here
for
hours
and
talk
about
everything
that
leo
has
done
for
our
fine
city.
But
everybody
knows
what
an
amazing
asset
he's
been
to
our
city.
B
We
are
so
pride
of
the
more
than
100,000
men
and
women
of
our
labor
council
to
have
a
leader
like
Leo
he's
always
been
there
for
us
and
we
will
truly
truly
miss
him,
but
the
residents
of
the
city
of
Pittsburgh
have
benefited
just
tremendously
from
the
selflessness
of
you've
done
Leo
and
we
say
thank
you
so
much
and
on
behalf
of
our
labor
council
family.
We
wish
you
the
best
of
luck.
B
The
retirements
not
going
too
good
so
far
since
I
think
I've
been
on
the
phone
with
you
four
times
since
you
retired,
but
that's
how
that
is.
We
never
leave
our
business
and
thank
you
for
everything
you've
done
for
our
amazing
city.
Mr.
mayor,
thank
you
for
taking
the
time
to
steal
this
on
a
member
of
organized
labor
and
it's
a
pleasure
to
welcome
you
to
your
up.
It's.
B
C
You
I
take
a
moment
just
because
this
is
the
seventh
key
that
I've
given
out.
This
doesn't
go
out
to
very
many
people.
The
first
were
two
Jack
Shea
and
father
Jack
O'malley
for
the
work
that
they
did.
You
know
they
were
the
bridge
between
the
labor
movement
of
heavy
industry
Pittsburgh
and
the
where
we
are
today,
and
they
made
sure
that
workers
in
different
industries
benefited
from
the
sacrifices
that
workers
in
the
industries
before
made
that
we
didn't
go
backwards,
that
we
kept
going
forward.
C
Alcon
delusi,
who
was
an
incredible
leader
and
still
an
incredible
leader
at
working
with
Pittsburgh's
community
of
people
with
needs,
Bill
Strickland
who
created
Manchester
craftsman
guild
and
put
it
around
the
world.
Thirteen
different
centers,
almost
speed,
Fox
civil
rights
leader
mayor
Tom,
Murphy
and
dedicating
the
trail
that
he
built
along
the
riverfront
re-envisioning
Pittsburgh.
C
At
a
time
when
people
and
buildings
had
their
back
to
the
river
in
saying
you
know
someday
we're
going
to
look
at
the
river
and
say:
hey,
don't
go
down
there,
but
we'll
say,
go
down
there
and
recognizing
that
leadership
in
out
today,
Leo
Gerard
in
leo
first
off
pittsburgh
has
been
blessed
to
have
you.
You
have
been
a
leader
on
an
international
scale
that
has
always
made
it
feel.
Like
you
were
just
a
guy
who
lived
next
door,
you
were
approachable,
you
were
accessible,
you
were
there
for
not
only
your
workers
but
for
workers.
C
All
around
this
world.
You
created
the
blue,
green
Alliance.
When
environmentalist
in
labor
were
on
two
separate
sides,
you
said
come
on
guys.
We
can
work
together
and
do
this
and
create
something
in
that
process.
You
created
fair
trade.
The
ability
to
understand
that
trade
around
the
world
can
be
based
upon
improving
the
lives
of
all
people
and,
at
the
same
time,
improving
environment
and
those
standards
now
have
become
part
of
what
Pittsburgh
is
about.
C
You
have
lend
your
compassion
and
your
energy
in
a
way
that
has
defined
what
the
city
is
and
that's
something
that
very
few
people
have
the
ability
to
do
and
to
be
able
to
do
it
on
an
international
scale.
Mayors
governors
very
rarely
have
that
same
opportunity,
but,
as
we
know,
there
is
something
very
special
about
being
the
president
of
the
United
Steelworkers.
C
That
is
something
that
is
ingrained
into
Pittsburgh
and
as
a
part
of
not
only
our
history
but
our
families
and
as
the
proud
grandson
of
two
steel
workers,
one
who
lost
his
life
at
the
age
of
50
at
JL
in
one
who
was
fired
for
simply
raising
his
hand
and
asking
a
question
if,
if
I
sign
this
piece
of
paper,
does
that
mean
I
can
work
all
the
time?
I
just
say!
Thank
you.
C
If
you
could
come
up
here
as
I
present,
this
pokey
to
you.
I
would
also
like
to
present
this
proclamation
so
that
it
is
part
of
the
city
of
Pittsburgh's
history,
as
we
sit
over
evany
czar
Denny,
the
first
mayor
of
the
city
of
Pittsburgh,
who
fought
shoulder
to
shoulder
with
George
Washington
and
Alexander
Hamilton
at
the
Battle
of
Yorktown.
C
Let
this
be
a
part
of
that
treasured
history
of
this
city,
whereas
Leo
W
Gerrard
was
born
in
1947
in
creighton,
mine,
Ontario,
a
suburb
of
Sudbury
and
whereas
his
father
Wilfred
Gerard
was
a
miner
at
the
Creighton
mine
and
a
key
organizer
with
the
mind
mill
and
smelter
workers
union,
which
merged
with
the
United
Steelworkers
in
1967,
and
whereas
that
exposure
in
an
early
age
left
an
impression
that
has
defined
his
life.
He
was
taught
that
unions
were
supposed
to
be
engaged
on
social
issues
and
not
just
collective
bargaining.
C
Leo
often
listened
in
on
union
meetings
conducted
in
the
family
home,
he
handed
out
leaflets
on
the
eve
of
the
strike
at
the
age
of
eleven
and
accompanied
his
father
and
a
union
organizing
drive
at
the
age
of
thirteen
and
whereas
Leo
took
a
job
at
the
Inca
nickel
smelter
in
Sudbury.
He
was
elected
steward
and
then
chief
steward
of
the
7,000
member
local
6500.
C
He
also
serves
on
the
boards
of
the
campaign
for
Americans
future,
the
Economic
Policy
Institute
in
the
elderly,
housing
development
and
operations
Corps
and
whereas,
after
decades
of
protecting
the
rights
of
both
our
nation
and
regions,
workers
leo
retired
from
his
position
this
year.
Now,
therefore
be
it
resolved
that
I
William
Peduto,
the
city
of
Pittsburgh.
C
D
Delegates
word
is:
is
a
special
place
with
our
members
just
jump
in
my
head
when
they'll
fire
it
the
forge,
happened.
Our
members
ran
into
the
fire
and
saved
most
of
the
patterns
and
most
of
the
molds
and
in
gratitude
the
owners
of
the
forge
kept
our
people
on
the
payroll
all
the
time
while
they
were
rebuilding
it.
So
it's
well.
This
makes
it
even
more
special.
They.
D
Well,
that's
fantastic!
Thank
you.
Let
me
just
when
the
Mayor
was
saying
some
of
the
things
about
my
my
youth,
that
did
it
it's
it's
very
humbling.
When
I
came
to
Pittsburgh,
it
was
like
magic.
I
had
been
a
Steeler
fan
when
I
worked
in
this
motor
and
in
football
season,
I
would
go
to
work
every
day
with
my
Steeler,
proud,
Franco,
Harris,
Jersey
and
I
dreamt
it
maybe
someday
I
could
get
to
a
game.
D
Little
did
I
ever
believe
that
I'd
be
in
Pittsburgh
and
actually
go
to
a
game
in
hockey.
Season
I
have
to
confess
I
was
mistakenly
a
Philadelphia
Flyers
fan
until
I
got
the
Pittsburgh
and
found
that's
almost
like
a
death
sentence,
and
but
I
saw
Mario
Lemieux
play
and
I
was
amazed
and
I've
become
a
very,
very
dedicated
penguins
fan.
In
fact
the
mayor
and
I
often
bump
into
each
other
in
the
hallway
going
to
the
game.
D
D
I
grew
up
some
folks
in
the
room
know
that,
but
I
grew
up
in
what
was
the
pollution
capital
of
North
America
in
the
town
in
the
region
that
I
grew
up
in
Nassau,
sent
astronauts
to
practice
landing
on
the
moon,
because
there
was
no
vegetation.
The
Union
took
up
the
fight
to
clean
up
that
environment.
D
It
took
us
over
40
years
with
several
local
union
union
leaders,
and
if
you
go
back
to
my
hometown
now,
they've
won
dozens
and
dozens
of
awards
for
the
greening
of
a
region.
There's
300
lakes
within
the
city,
boundaries
of
which
you
can
fish
to
swim
in
295
of
them.
That
was
done
by
the
labor
movement,
and
that
was
done
because
the
labor
movement,
which
I
was
a
part
of
said,
is
not
a
choice
between
a
clean
environment
and
good
jobs.
It's
not
one
or
the
other.
D
You
will
either
be
both
or
will
end
up
in
the
long
term,
having
neither
that's
what
led
to
the
creation
of
the
blue,
green
Alliance
I've
had
the
privilege
of
working
very
directly
in
Canada
in
the
US
and
seeing
the
similarities
and
the
differences,
but
I've
also
had
the
opportunity
to
work
with
unions
from
all
around
the
world,
and
I
can
say
this
without
any
fear
of
being
wrong.
I've
been
blessed
to
live
in
two
of
the
best
countries
and
to
live
and
work
in
two
of
the
best
cities.
D
Pittsburgh
is
so
much
like
my
hometown
when
I
showed
up.
Oh
just
telling
one
of
the
guys
that
when
I
showed
up
and
moved
to,
Pittsburgh
I've
been
there
about
a
week
and
I
needed
to
have
something.
My
wife
wanted
to
fix
something,
and
so
I
didn't
know
anywhere.
But
I
found
this
place,
while
trader
horns
and
I
went
to
trader
horns
and
asked
someone
if
they
could
help
me
find
this,
and
the
lady
not
only
took
me
to
where
I
was
able
to
find
out
looking
for,
but
by
the
time
I
left.
D
30
minutes
later.
I
know
all
about
her
family
and
she
knew
all
about
mine.
People
were
just
so
open
and
I
got
home
and
told
my
wife.
This
is
a
great
place
and
it
really
is
a
great
place.
The
city
is
transforming
itself.
The
Union
has
played
a
part
in
that
the
mayor
has
played
a
player
in
that
for
his
career.
A
lot
of
others
and
I
can
tell
you.
This.
D
We've
got
things
that
have
been
built
in
Pittsburgh
that
have
been
built
on
time
and
under
budget
and
by
union
labor
and
the
ability
of
the
labor
movement
political
community.
Some
of
the
business
community
to
work
with
us
has
helped
transform
this
committee.
I
mean
this
cut
this
community
in
ways
that
others
would
need
to
emulate
and
I'm
just
really
humbled
and
proud
of
being
from
Pittsburgh
and
having
this
key
I.
D
D
C
Leo
on
behalf
of
the
people
of
Pittsburgh,
the
people
I
wish
I
could
say
for
all
the
Pennsylvanian
this
country
in
this
world.
Thank
you
for
being
there
to
fight
for
them.
This
is
just
a
small
memento
of
the
work
that
you've
done
in
improving
lives
of
people
who
you
will
never
meet.
So
thank
you.
Thank.
C
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
That
concludes
our
ceremony
and
thank
you
everybody
for
attending
as
well.
You
know
this
is
in
a
historic
room.
This
was
built
on
the
100th
anniversary
of
the
city
of
Pittsburgh
in
1916,
and
every
one
of
the
crisis
that
went
through
in
the
city
happened
at
that
table.
That's
the
original
table
designed
for
this
room.
You
can
imagine
back
in
the
days
of
the
Great
Flood
and
the
30s
or
the
crisis
of
economic
collapse
in
the
80s.