Mark Gruenberg
LATEST ARTICLES BY Mark Gruenberg
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Labor
Steelworkers, top firms at odds as contract deadline approaches
August 5, 2015Steelworkers and the nation's top steel companies are at odds in negotiations as the deadline for a new contract approaches.
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Labor
Federal judge upholds NLRB union election rules
August 4, 2015The rules helped reduce the time available to businesses and union-busting "consultants" to illegally intimidate, spy on, harass and fire workers for exercising their rights.
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Single-payer healthcare gets backing from Medicare’s “creator”
July 31, 2015The last surviving "creator" of the original Medicare proposal of 1965 is enthusiastically endorsing Medicare for all.
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Labor
Hillary Clinton pledges to push Employee Free Choice
July 31, 2015Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton supports comprehensive labor law reform, and she says she really means it.
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Religious voters back Pope’s stands against racism, income inequality, for worker rights
July 28, 2015Pope Francis I has been outspoken about the rights of workers to be valued and respected - including their rights to join unions - and against income inequality and poverty.
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Labor
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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