Mark Gruenberg
LATEST ARTICLES BY Mark Gruenberg
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Transport union defends members in airline bankruptcy
December 5, 2011The Transport Workers "will do everything possible" to vigorously protect 23,400 members who work for American Airlines and its American Eagle subsidiary as the carrier goes through bankruptcy, officials say.
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U.S. nurses backed general strike in U.K.
December 5, 2011The National Nurses Union led a coalition of U.S. unions that demonstrated in six cities on Nov. 30 to back British public workers, who staged a one-day strike.
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Sugar CEO calls union workers a “cancer”
December 2, 2011As American Crystal Sugar's lockout of its workers passed the 4-month mark, workers challenged the lockout at the firm's annual meeting.
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Union vote may end battle with Boeing
December 2, 2011The long and bitter battle over Boeing's retaliation against the Machinists may end with a vote.
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Attack on labor board seen as attack on middle class
December 1, 2011A cabal of the business community and congressional Republicans are mounting a concerted attack to literally destroy the National Labor Relations Board.
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Mediation board rejects AFA complaint of Delta interference
November 29, 2011The ruling apparently ends AFA-CWA's third try to organize flight attendants at the "new Delta." The NMB's decision bitterly disappointed AFA.
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Refinery safety tops Steelworkers’ oil bargaining goals
November 29, 2011Vast improvements in oil refinery safety will be the top bargaining goal of the Steelworkers (USW) when they open talks with the nation's oil companies on a new contract, the union announced.
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International solidarity ends in win for New York paper mill workers
November 28, 2011A pair of international union allies helped Paperworkers at the Huhtamaki Packaging Plant in Fulton, N.Y., defeat a terrible company health insurance scheme.
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