Mark Gruenberg
LATEST ARTICLES BY Mark Gruenberg
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Teachers union leaders hit Supreme Court anti-affirmative action ruling
April 25, 2014NEA President Dennis Van Roekel, a Phoenix secondary school teacher, said it subjects minority group students to "separate and unequal political processes that put undue burdens" on them.
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Postal workers march to save the mail in 50 states
April 25, 2014Chanting "Whose post office? The people's post office!" Postal Workers and their union allies marched in Washington protesting the USPS scheme to run postal services out of Staples stores.
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TPP trade talks draw foes on both sides of Pacific
April 24, 2014Twitter carried pictures of protesting Asian workers and news reports said the Obama-Abe bargaining in Japan would probably not result in approval of the trade pact.
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Workers win two in the courts
April 23, 2014Two separate groups of union workers - public workers in Florida and American Airlines retirees nationwide - racked up big wins in separate courts in recent days.
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Workers Memorial Day to highlight jobs that kill
April 23, 2014Eddie Mallon is 70 years old. As a Laborers Local 147 member in New York, he worked as a sandhog for 44 years. He doesn't now, because that job - eventually - will kill him.
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Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Motors, unique even among corporate crooks
April 22, 2014Musk is only the most extreme example of the overcompensated corporate crook running U.S. companies on the AFL-CIO's latest Executive Paywatch list.
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Labor group defends workers at military bases against right wing attacks
April 22, 2014The pay hike would start Jan. 1 under new contracts that fast food firms would sign with the military PXs, where military personnel and families buy food and goods at reduced rates.
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Players and Northwestern to battle at NLRB after Apr. 25 vote
April 21, 2014College football players who want to unionize and their foe, Northwestern University, filed their written arguments with the NLRB on Apr. 16.
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