Mark Gruenberg
LATEST ARTICLES BY Mark Gruenberg
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Jubilant Steelworkers defeat lockout and win gains
November 30, 2012A weeklong company lockout at Milbank Manufacturing, a Kansas City, Mo., electrical parts producer, ended when Steelworkers ratified a new contract.
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Teamsters confront Bill Gates over sanitation firm’s actions
November 29, 2012"It's outrageous that Bill Gates says he supports public health programs, and yet he's the primary owner of a company that locks out its workers."
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Unionists flood Capitol, demand jobs not cuts
November 29, 2012The fly-in preceded dozens of rallies and events planned nationwide around the same theme, starting Dec. 1, according to an AFL-CIO website.
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Unions focus ads on “fiscal cliff” issues
November 26, 2012"The voters spoke loud and clear and rejected any cuts in Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security."
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Court to hear arguments on who is a supervisor
November 20, 2012The Supreme Court has said employers are responsible for ensuring there is no racial or sexual harassment, discrimination on the job, or "racially hostile" environments and so are their supervisors.
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ATU: Conviction of bus driver ignores real problem, driver fatigue
November 16, 2012The November conviction of a non-union intercity bus driver on four manslaughter counts ignores the real problem drivers face.
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Campaign to save Social Security, Medicare from budget-cutters
November 16, 2012Diane Fleming first encountered Social Security when she was three years old. Now she's 70, and one of hundreds of people descending on Congress.
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Union leaders to Obama: raise taxes on the rich, aid middle class
November 14, 2012Union leaders meeting with Barack Obama on Nov. 13 urged him to stick to his campaign pledges to raise taxes on the rich and to aid the middle class.
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