Mark Gruenberg
LATEST ARTICLES BY Mark Gruenberg
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Year ends with 7.8 percent jobless rate
January 4, 2013The U.S. ended 2012 with a 7.8 percent jobless rate in December, unchanged from the month before and down 0.7 percent from the end of 2011.
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Courts remain key to advancing workers’ rights
January 3, 2013If you think courts aren't important to workers, then unions in Wisconsin, Alaska and Texas have a blunt message for you: Wrong.
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Unions to aim for labor law, immigration reform
January 3, 2013Reforming labor law to help balance the scales between workers and bosses in organizing and bargaining, will always be labor's number one legislative priority - until it passes.
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Supreme Court tackles “who is a supervisor?”
January 2, 2013Supervisors, as agents of firms, must not discriminate or harass - or stop it when it occurs.
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Union reps warn of “devastating” budget cuts
December 13, 2012The unions and their allies have launched campaigns against the budget cutting ideas, contacting lawmakers both in D.C. and at home.
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Labor Department: much more to be done on job safety
December 11, 2012The Labor Department's Inspector General is still finding holes in enforcement programs of the Mine Safety and Health Administration and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
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Steelworkers, allies push oil industry to increase safety at refineries
December 10, 2012How bad is the oil refining industry's pollution and worker safety problem? Well, let's put it this way: It virtually ruined an industry-backed Thanksgiving Day parade.
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“Fiscal cliff” actions urge Congress to tax rich, no cuts
December 10, 2012The pressure for unionists to weigh in rose as the ruling House Republicans refused to budge from their stand for protecting the Bush tax cuts for the rich.
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