Mark Gruenberg
LATEST ARTICLES BY Mark Gruenberg
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Trumka adds infrastructure to AFL-CIO legislative priority list
January 17, 2014Richard Trumka is adding reconstruction of U.S. infrastructure - and creation of tens of thousands of well-paying jobs doing so - to the federation's priority list.
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Harkin predicts Senate vote on minimum wage hike after recess
January 15, 2014The Senate will vote on raising the minimum wage, in three steps of 95 cents each to $10.10 hourly in 2016.
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Unions gear up for new fast track fight
January 15, 2014Unions are gearing up for yet another fight over so-called "fast track," also known as trade promotion authority.
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Workers’ rights hardly mentioned by justices at High Court hearing
January 14, 2014Supreme Court justices began hearings on National Labor Relations Board v. Noel Canning, a case that could determine whether it is legal to stop the ability of workers to exercise their right to form a union.
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Jobless rate drops because 525,000 stop searching
January 10, 2014The unemployment rate ended up at 6.7 percent in December, down from 7.9 percent at the end of 2012 and 0.3 percent but only because more than half a million people stopped looking for work altogether,...
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Labor and allies turn up heat on GOP over jobless benefits
January 9, 2014Organized labor and its allies have turned to public pressure to push resurrection of the benefits through a hostile GOP majority in the U.S. House.
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Miners’ deaths increased in 2013
January 8, 2014Deaths in the nation's mines rose from 36 in 2012 to 42 in 2013, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) reported.
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An unhappy anniversary of Citizens United
January 8, 2014Mid-January of 2014 marks the unhappy fourth anniversary of one of the defining moments in U.S. politics. No, not an election, but a court ruling.
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