Mark Gruenberg
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Union leaders slam Supreme Court’s voting rights ruling
June 28, 2013WASHINGTON - Union leaders panned the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on the Voting Rights Act, saying the justices gutted its key section and stripped protections from voters.
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Obama’s acting labor secretary calls for minimum wage hike
June 27, 2013Saying that it would help lift up workers and families, Acting Labor Secretary Seth Harris reiterated the Obama administration's support for raising the minimum wage.
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Supreme Court to rule on legality of NLRB
June 27, 2013The Supreme Court will try to sort out the political war over the legality of "recess appointments" to the National Labor Relations Board.
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Supreme Court limits sexual harassment lawsuits
June 24, 2013The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that only supervisors with direct power over a worker's future can be sued for racial or sexual harassment on the job.
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Nurses march across Golden Gate Bridge to protest Keystone
June 21, 2013SAN FRANCISCO - Members of the National Nurses United union and environmentalist allies marched on June 20 across San Francisco's famed Golden Gate Bridge in the latest show of opposition to the proposed and controversial Keystone...
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Boehner says he’ll block whatever Senate GOP can’t kill
June 20, 2013Boehner's statement is important because it gives his 234-member caucus a virtual veto over what Congress does, regardless of the Senate.
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Service Employees plan massive response to GOP’s immigrant bashing
June 20, 2013"If they thought 2012 was bad" in terms of the tide of Latino votes against the GOP, "wait 'till 2014 and 2016."
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Walker’s anti-union law heads for new test in court
June 19, 2013Here we go again in Wisconsin: Right-wing Gov. Scott Walker's anti-union law is headed for another test in the state's Supreme Court.
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