Mark Gruenberg
LATEST ARTICLES BY Mark Gruenberg
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Las Vegas cab company forces a strike
March 7, 2013The second largest cab company in Las Vegas has forced its drivers - the first taxi drivers to unionize, more than a decade ago - to strike.
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Collective bargaining easier in Germany
March 7, 2013The German model of collective bargaining, and what the U.S. can learn from it, was the top topic of conversation.
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Acting labor secretary links wage hikes to unions
March 4, 2013U.S. workers' wages rise when U.S. unions thrive, the temporary top man at the U.S. Labor Department, acting Secretary Seth Harris, says.
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Feds again targeting outspoken Latinos
March 4, 2013Josemaria Islas made a mistake last July - he went outside to eat his lunch.
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Unions to focus on dumping GOP governors
March 1, 2013The 2012 election is barely in the books, but the AFL-CIO is already starting to think about the next round of polling, in November 2014.
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Trumka: AFL-CIO to undergo wide-scale revamp
February 28, 2013The revamp will meet the conditions of changing workplaces, extend labor's reach, and shift its emphasis within the federation to more inter-union and regional cooperation.
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New moves to tax corporate offshore havens
February 25, 2013General Electric avoided $35.7 billion in U.S. taxes by putting $102 billion in 2010 profits in "at least 14" tax havens in Bermuda, Singapore and Luxembourg.
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New consumer campaign: higher minimum wage for restaurant workers
February 25, 2013Can you imagine trying to live on $2.13 an hour, with no sick days and a 1-in-10 chance of having health care coverage?
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