Mark Gruenberg
LATEST ARTICLES BY Mark Gruenberg
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USW and big steel firms: pact with U.S. Steel, talks continue with Arcelor-Mittal
September 7, 2012Contract negotiations between the United Steel Workers and two of the nation's largest steelmakers, took two different directions right around Labor Day.
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DNC union delegates lobby colleagues for workers rights
September 6, 2012Hundreds of union members, delegates to the Democratic National Convention, fanned out among their colleagues bearing little orange cards, talking about union rights.
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UAW’s King praises Obama’s ‘moral courage’ in auto firm rescue
September 6, 2012In a Sept. 5 prime time speech to the Democratic National Convention, King said Obama went against popular sentiment when he constructed the rescue plan for the two firms.
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Democratic Party platform backs workers’ rights
August 31, 2012The platform, up for adoption at the party's convention in Charlotte, N.C., so strongly backs workers' rights that it virtually endorses the Employee Free Choice Act,.
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GOP wants government to turn its back on us
August 30, 2012The Republican Party's 2012 platform is so radical it would have the government "turn its back on its citizens" and trash every-thing from veterans' health care to food safety inspections, a top union leader says.
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Romney opposes bargaining rights for fire fighters and police
August 30, 2012Romney's statement, in a written response to an FOP questionnaire, is in line with his attempt, as Massachusetts governor, to strip Fire Fighters and police officers throughout the state of their collective bargaining rights.
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Labor against extending tax cuts for top earners
August 28, 2012The AFL-CIO is "strongly against" extending the Bush tax cuts for the top 2 percent of the nation's earners, but fears congressional Democrats may blink on the issue, Legislative Director Bill Samuel says.
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Hostess hits workers with ultimatum
August 27, 2012Management at bankrupt Hostess products - maker of Twinkies, cupcakes, Wonder Bread and other baked goods - hit its unions with a "last, best" offer.
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