Mark Gruenberg
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Senate battle on minimum wage hike to erupt after Easter
April 4, 2014That announcement by Senator Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, brought cheers from a jammed Capitol rally after the labor-backed "Raise The Wage" bus ended its 11-state tour by halting at the foot of Capitol Hill.
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GOP goes after NLRB yet again
April 3, 2014In yet another right-wing attack on the NLRB, top Republicans unveiled legislation to lengthen union recognition election campaigns.
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SEIU’s Henry: Unions need new approaches to attract youth
April 3, 2014The nation's unions need new approaches to recruit and retain younger workers, Service Employees President Mary Kay Henry says.
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Unions hail NLRB official’s ruling that college athletes can unionize
March 28, 2014It would be a landmark victory for college athletes, whose scholarships are now awarded at the whim of their institutions and who have little or no protection against on-the-job injuries.
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Postal unions sign cooperation pact, prepare for joint April 24 actions
March 28, 2014The target will be schemes to cut postal services, end Saturday pickup and delivery, and fire or let go by attrition hundreds of thousands of workers.
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Panel: Immigrants’ advocates should step up efforts in the states
March 27, 2014Immigrants' advocates should step up efforts in the states, regardless of the fate of comprehensive immigration reform in D.C., a panel discussing the issue says.
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Trumka says he’ll back Obama on a new pro-worker trade policy
March 25, 2014The death of fast-track, Obama told the Center for American Progress, gives him the opportunity to construct a new trade policy to benefit workers in the U.S. and worldwide, that guarantees labor rights, that protects "buy...
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Regulatory oversight weak in aftermath of Texas City oil plant blast
March 21, 2014But OSHA is so short-staffed, say the Steel Workers who represent the workers at Texas City that an average U.S. refinery would get a PSM inspection once every 120 years.
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