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Bernard Kleiman Remembered For His Achievements With The United Steelworkers
Bernard Kleiman, a leading American labor lawyer who was the United Steelworkers’ chief negotiator with the steel industry for many years and a close advisor to five international presidents of the union, died Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2006, of cardiac arrest.
Kleiman, 78, of Pittsburgh, had a distinguished 46-year career with the USW. He was General Counsel from 1965 through 1997 and was most recently Special Counsel to the union’s international president, Leo W. Gerard.
He officially retired from the union this past summer, but continued to report to work and was involved in the union’s current strike against Goodyear as recently as last week.
“It is difficult to overstate his impact on the union,” Gerard said.
His role with the union was much broader than the typical duties of General Counsel. In addition to his legal work, he was a respected contract negotiator, labor strategist and counselor.
In essence, he was the union’s chief contract bargainer along with the USW Presidents he served over the decades, said USW Secretary-Treasurer James English.
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