Mark Gruenberg
LATEST ARTICLES BY Mark Gruenberg
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Labor
Steelworkers’ president scores GOP for racist attacks on Obama
February 12, 2014Gerard ran down a range of progressive initiatives Obama has proposed during his five years in the Oval Office. Then he launched his blast at the GOP.
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Labor
NLRB OKs rules to streamline union election procedures
February 7, 2014Union leaders welcomed the NLRB's proposals. The right wing House GOP and the National Retail Federation screamed.
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Labor
Biden blasts “right-to-work”
February 6, 2014Business and right wing backers of so-called "right to work" laws really want "the right for them to eliminate your right to have a say in your work."
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Labor
U.S. unionists back domestic worker from India
February 6, 2014A group of U.S. unionists made it quite clear to India's ambassador to the U.S. that his nation's diplomats should stop treating their own domestic workers as serfs.
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Labor
Altoona rally backs locked-out utility workers
February 5, 2014The show of support heartened the members of Utility Workers Local 102, who have manned a constant picket line.
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Labor
UAW’s King: “Activism is needed to overcome obstructionists”
February 4, 2014In a message to 1,000-plus activists at UAW's political action conference in D.C., the union leader said activism is even more necessary because 2014 is an election year, when foes of workers will go all out...
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U.S.
Fake checks and Internet scams top 2013 fraud list
January 30, 2014The NCL reported that fake checks accounted for almost one in every four (24.23 percent) of scams last year. But Internet scams were not far behind.
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Environment
Utility workers ask W. Va. officials to strictly regulate area water firm
January 29, 2014The Utility Workers, who represent West Virginia American Water workers, want officials to strictly regulate the water firm and keep a beady eye on its staffing levels.
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