Mark Gruenberg
LATEST ARTICLES BY Mark Gruenberg
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Bernie Sanders introduces major labor law reform bill
October 7, 2015The bill allows workers to unionize through a simple majority card-check vote and ensures that companies can't stop a union from forming by denying a first contract.
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Trumka on opposing Pacific Trade Pact: “It’s not just us”
October 7, 2015Trumka says a wide-ranging coalition has already formed and is growing, to stop the scheme.
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Communications Workers, Teamsters reach tentative pact for 15,000 at American Airlines
October 2, 2015The CWA and the Teamsters reached a tentative first contract for 15,000 passenger services agents at American Airlines.
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UAW: Chrysler pact gradually eliminates two-tier wages
September 23, 2015A tentative contract features gradual elimination of the system that the Detroit 3 automakers instituted after hitting the financial rocks during the Great Recession.
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Unions lobby lawmakers to prevent government shutdown
September 23, 2015With another government shutdown looming, federal workers' unions are advising their members on how to cope with a sudden halt to their paychecks.
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Unionists lobby to restore, strengthen Voting Rights Act
September 18, 2015"We care about workers' rights, which are in a shambles and are a disgrace, but we can't win these fights if 30 million people can't vote."
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Scott Walker escalates his war on workers
September 15, 2015Expanding on the hatred of unions that he imposed as Wisconsin's governor, right wing GOP presidential hopeful Scott Walker is proposing to abolish the NLRB.
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Letter carriers to choose between Sanders and Clinton
September 15, 2015The Letter Carriers endorsement is important, as the union has members in every state in the U.S., plus Puerto Rico, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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