Mark Gruenberg
LATEST ARTICLES BY Mark Gruenberg
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Turkish unions, charging “murders,” stage national strike over mine disaster
May 16, 2014"The horrific news coming from the coal mine near Soma is a punch in the gut for every coal miner everywhere in the world."
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Union leader says Supreme Court favors billionaires over workers
May 15, 2014The campaign finance rulings "open the gates to billionaires" to capture the U.S. political process while shutting workers out, AFSCME President Lee Saunders says.
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Fast food protests to go global May 15
May 12, 2014Demonstrations are planned for New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and 147 other U.S. cities and also on five other continents.
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Mothers Day flowers nice but equal pay better
May 9, 2014A total of 4.7 million moms and their families would see an increase in wages. That's one fifth of all working moms and their families who would benefit.
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Union leaders to lawmakers: pay freezes, furloughs hit federal workers’ morale
May 8, 2014"Federal employees are a devoted and resilient bunch. They despise what politicians have done to them."
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Unionists ignore downpour, bring fast track fight to Capitol steps
May 8, 2014Hundreds of unionists gathered on Capitol Hill on May 7 to campaign against "fast-track" trade legislation and the anti-worker trade treaties it would lead to.
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Alabama says it can fire workers for telling the truth
May 1, 2014In certain circumstances, the state of Alabama says, it can fire or discipline a state worker who tells the truth - even if the truth exposes fraud and corruption.
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Weak laws let whistleblower at Caterpillar plant hang out to dry
April 30, 2014A veteran UAW worker and safety committeeman at Caterpillar's big plant in Peoria, Ill. found out that federal job safety and health law protecting whistle-blowers is weak - very weak.
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