Mark Gruenberg
LATEST ARTICLES BY Mark Gruenberg
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Labor
Trumka: AFL-CIO presidential endorsement unlikely before first two state contests
September 8, 2015Trumka was caustic about Trump's constant anti-immigrant and anti-Latino stands. He also criticized two other GOP hopefuls.
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Labor
Verizon continues to demand givebacks from workers
September 4, 2015Unions took to the streets to show mass solidarity for their bargaining teams, with rallies all over the Northeast and mid-Atlantic states.
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U.S.
Ruling on labor practices shows importance of appeals courts to workers
September 4, 2015While the U.S. Supreme Court's worker rulings apply nationwide, they rejects most cases brought to them; that leaves worker rights in the hands of the appeals court judges.
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Labor
Report explores why unions have few female leaders
September 4, 2015When women run organizing drives, the drives are more likely to succeed; they show women - especially minority-group women - benefit the most from being unionists.
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Labor
Money bills top labor’s agenda as Congress returns to work
September 2, 2015It's not just the numbers that are important, it's anti-worker measures the majority Republicans may try to insert into the measures, too.
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Labor
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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Labor
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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Labor
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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