Mark Gruenberg
LATEST ARTICLES BY Mark Gruenberg
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Five top union leaders endorse Iran nuclear arms control pact
September 1, 2015"Obama promised to choose diplomacy and engagement over conflict; by working to negotiate a nuclear deal with Iran, he has helped to fulfill that pledge."
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Court upholds federal minimum wage, overtime pay for home health care workers
August 28, 2015The workers hailed the judges' decision, saying it would bring them out of the low-paying shadows many now toil in.
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Rail workers score big safety win in California
August 26, 2015Rail unions have been pushing for two-person crews while rail carriers have been pushing for just one, an engineer.
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Top AFL-CIO officials: “U.S. labor law must catch up”
August 20, 2015Modernized global economy requires a rewrite of the National Labor Relations Act and U.S. agreement and obedience to international labor law standards.
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OSHA proposes cutting worker exposure to beryllium by 90 percent
August 19, 2015Beryllium is a heavy metal whose inhalation causes a chronic lung disease and may lead to lung cancer.
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Labor board punts college athletes’ try to unionize on technicality
August 18, 2015By a 5-0 vote, the National Labor Relations Board on August 17 tossed out college athletes' - in this case, Northwestern University's football players' - attempt to unionize.
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Major moves towards corporate accountability
August 14, 2015In two major moves towards corporate accountability to everyone else, states and cities are being urged to disclose total tax subsidies to corporations.
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U.S. Labor Against the War: back the Iran nuke deal!
August 12, 2015The organization that led the drive to force organized labor to oppose the Iraq War, is calling on unionists to back the proposed agreement that curbs Iran's nuclear development program.
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