Mark Gruenberg
LATEST ARTICLES BY Mark Gruenberg
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Netroots Nation delegates discussed unions’ role in progressive causes
July 23, 2015Unionists at the confab included a large delegation from the CWA, a former top Unite Here activist, and AFL-CIO officials Liz Shuler and Tefere Gebre.
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Unionists, retirees to lead mass pro-Medicare rallies on July 30
July 23, 2015Unions also want to use the rallies to again push for "Medicare for all," namely government-run single-payer national health insurance.
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GOP funding bill would force the NLRB to lay off one-third of its staff
July 17, 2015The Obama administration is blasting a GOP-authored money bill that would underfund the Labor, Education, and Health and Human Services Depts.
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Clinton, Sanders meet top union leaders
July 16, 2015The two leading Democratic presidential contenders met behind closed doors with top union leaders to talk positions and strategy.
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Judge to hear case against USPS deal with Staples
July 15, 2015"If the NLRB sustains the allegations in the complaint, it could effectively end Staples' foray into the mail business."
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Environmentalists, railroad workers protest oil trains
July 15, 2015Environmentalists and rank-and-file railroad workers took to the streets protesting continued transportation of oil trains.
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Today in labor history: Ode to a labor troubadour, Woody Guthrie
July 14, 2015He wasn't afraid to tackle the problems that workers and unionists faced, while bucking up their spirits, by singing about the people, you and me.
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American Federation of Teachers endorses Hillary Clinton
July 14, 2015Weingarten put the union's endorsement in the context of scrapping the Bush-era No Child Left Behind and its teach-to-the-test penalizing of students and schools.
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