Mark Gruenberg
LATEST ARTICLES BY Mark Gruenberg
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OSHA issues rule to curb silica dust exposure
March 24, 2016The Obama administration today issued a final rule that it says would cut workers' exposure to harmful silica dust in half.
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Calif. lawmaker introduces bill to let “Gig Economy” workers organize
March 21, 2016Uber and Lyft undercut taxis while underpaying drivers and refusing to pick up workplace expenses.
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Presidential hopefuls on so-called ‘free trade’ pacts
March 14, 2016Defeating anti-worker trade pacts is a key plank in organized labor's Raise The Wage campaign: Labor is not against trade but it's against unfair trade the pacts create.
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U.S. Supreme Court upholds N.J. Gov. Christie’s worker pension cuts
March 3, 2016Now, the future of public workers' pensions in New Jersey may well be up to the Garden State's voters.
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Labor tackles the problem of union members voting for Trump
March 2, 2016"Without a countervailing pull of authentic engagement, the appeal of right wing rhetoric will continue."
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Unions talk tactics on battling impact of Friedrichs court case
February 24, 2016"There's a lots of candor and a lot of mutual trust. There's a widespread recognition that we're all in this together."
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Unions demand that Senate consider Obama’s Supreme Court nominee
February 19, 2016Union leaders said Majority Leader Mitch McConnell can't pick and choose which presidential election determines when to fill a Supreme Court vacancy.
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Trans-Pacific Partnership protests mount
February 19, 2016"The TPP represents a giant step in the wrong direction that will blow a hole in the American economy, which will have to struggle for decades to recover."
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