Sam Wheeler is a Pennsylvania labor lawyer who has previously worked in electoral politics and in the legal departments of several national unions.
Leo Gertner is a labor lawyer in Washington, D.C., who previously worked as a grievance representative for janitors in Boston.

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Sam Wheeler and Leo Gertner
Announcing In These Times’ New Agreement with the National Writers Union
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