Mark Gruenberg
LATEST ARTICLES BY Mark Gruenberg
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Corporate ineptitude in Navy contract looms over union drive
August 5, 2013Corporate ineptitude on a big U.S. Navy shipbuilding contract is looming over the latest organizing drive among Austal shipyard workers there.
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Immigration reform advocates speak out at AFL-CIO headquarters
August 5, 2013People all over the U.S. must pressure the GOP-run U.S. House to approve comprehensive immigration reform.
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Unemployment dips, but new jobs likely pay low wages
August 2, 2013The U.S. unemployment rate in July was 7.4 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported, down 0.1 percent from the month before. A separate survey reported businesses claimed to create a net of 162,000 new jobs...
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Senate confirms all five Obama picks for NLRB
July 31, 2013Bringing to an end years of right-wing obstruction and delay, the Senate yesterday filled all five NLRB seats with permanent members.
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Feds review worker exposure to blood-borne pathogens
July 30, 2013The federal government has opened a legally required review of a rule designed to cut or eliminate worker exposure to blood-borne illnesses.
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Labor movement in for a major makeover
July 29, 2013The labor movement, aiming to reverse decades of decline suffered under relentless attacks by the corporate-funded right wing, is headed for a major makeover.
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Letter Carriers: Even Dem plans for postal “reform” fall short
July 29, 2013The latest Republican version of "reform" of the red-ink-ridden U.S. Postal Service is unacceptable.
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Unions scramble to aid victims in Detroit bankruptcy filing
July 26, 2013WASHINGTON - Union leaders, both in Detroit and nationally, blasted the decision of Detroit's state-appointed financial czar to file for bankruptcy for the 750,000-person Motor City, even as they scrambled to try to help their members...
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