Mark Gruenberg
LATEST ARTICLES BY Mark Gruenberg
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Connecticut nursing home battle may go to Supreme Court
February 7, 2013The conflict between almost 700 workers at five Connecticut nursing homes and their chain employer may be headed for the Supreme Court.
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Top Latino labor leader talks immigration law with Obama
February 7, 2013Service Employees Secretary-Treasurer Eliseo Medina told President Obama of SEIU's all-out commitment to immigration reform.
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Immigration reform a top goal for Auto Workers
February 5, 2013Declaring, "We are a union of immigrants," Auto Workers President Bob King elevated immigration reform to a top spot on the UAW's lobbying agenda.
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Elections have consequences: “Right to work” is one of them
February 4, 2013The GOP majority in the Pennsylvania state capitol in Harrisburg is pushing a so-called "right-to-work" law in the Quaker State.
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Union hopes $4 billion fine will force change at BP
February 4, 2013Steelworkers Vice President Gary Beevers hopes the record fine and criminal charge pleas by British Petroleum will finally force the oil industry to take safety seriously.
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Latino labor leader: Immigration legislation has potential problems
February 1, 2013Providing a path to eventual citizenship for 11 million undocumented workers "is a worthy #1 goal" of proposed immigration reform legislation.
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Trumka: Pols who cut Social Security increases will get cut
February 1, 2013The AFL-CIO will work for that, federation President Richard Trumka says.
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Germans say Americans need “attitude shift” about work
January 31, 2013Remaking the U.S. workforce to make it more competitive in the 21st century will take an attitude shift by companies, students, and their parents.
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