Mark Gruenberg
LATEST ARTICLES BY Mark Gruenberg
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Shuler challenges labor movement on promoting women to leadership
February 26, 2015AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Liz Shuler, the highest-ranking woman in the U.S. labor movement, is challenging her colleagues to promote more women to top jobs.
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Labor leaders halt political contributions until after fast-track vote
February 26, 2015Uunion presidents have decided to condition labor's voluntary political contributions to lawmakers on their fast-track votes, at least for now.
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Speaking for millions, union leaders declare “it’s our turn”
February 25, 2015A group of the nation's top union leaders, looking dead serious, filed silently in and up to the front of the press room at the Westin Hotel in Atlanta.
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Unions ride the wave of low-wage worker organizing
February 24, 2015Workers caught the nation's attention by saying "Enough is enough!" to low wages, lousy working conditions and lack of rights.
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Obama uses Pullman monument dedication to push workers’ rights
February 23, 2015"Dignity and opportunity aren't just gifts to be handed down by a generous government or by a generous employer. They are rights."
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Canadian Supreme Court: Public workers have the right to strike
February 13, 2015As a result of Canadian laws and attitudes, union density there is at least double that in the U.S.
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GOP-run Senate panel moves against the NLRB
February 12, 2015With the Senate Labor Committee now in the hands of Republicans, both labor committees on Capitol Hill are attacking workers' rights enforced by the NLRB.
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GOP drafting bill to let asbestos manufacturers off the hook
February 12, 2015"Had these companies shared the information they knew about the dangers of asbestos, countless lives would have been saved."
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