Mark Gruenberg
LATEST ARTICLES BY Mark Gruenberg
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Autoworkers drop appeal of election loss at Chattanooga VW plant
April 21, 2014Union President Bob King says, they will concentrate on a probe by congressional Democrats of political interference that led to the Valentine's Day defeat.
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NYC AFSCME wins reinstatement for disabled workers Bloomberg fired
April 17, 2014Eleven disabled workers, whom former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg laid off (fired) will get their jobs back, thanks to their AFSCME local.
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Executive Paywatch highlights gap between rich CEOs and their workers
April 15, 2014"Tax day is a day when we all pitch in, right? Yet for a small number of wealthy people, it represents making money from the sacrifice of others - a ridiculous amount of money."
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House GOP rams through latest devastating Ryan budget
April 14, 2014The House's ruling Republicans jammed through a GOP-written budget blueprint for the fiscal year starting Oct. 1, by a 219-205 vote on Apr. 10.
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NLRB heads to court to stop Kellogg’s lockout of Memphis workers
April 11, 2014The decision to head for court “recognizes Kellogg’s illegal positions and iron-fisted conduct were so destructive to these workers’ rights ."
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Nurses and lawmakers resume push for financial transactions tax
April 9, 2014National Nurses United and the Congressional Progressive Caucus relaunched their drive for a financial transactions tax.
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Key lawmaker warns highway-mass transit money is running out
April 9, 2014Money to repair the nation's crumbling roads and rehab its creaky mass transit lines will run out by July, a key lawmaker on budget issues warns.
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Colombian union leaders say killings continue
April 8, 2014Three years after it was added as a side pact to the controversial U.S.-Colombia "free trade" pact, the Labor Action Plan designed to improve workers' lot and their rights is a failure.
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