Mark Gruenberg
LATEST ARTICLES BY Mark Gruenberg
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SEIU’s Medina predicts more Latino voter activism next year
November 15, 2011Service Employees Secretary-Treasurer Eliseo Medina, a skilled organizer and one of the most influential Hispanic Americans in the labor movement, predicts Latino voters will have heightened activism in next year's election.
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Can labor build on Ohio win?
November 14, 2011With one year to go before the Nov. 2012 election, the key question for organized labor after this fall's voting is: Can it build on the Ohio win?
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How many hours has your bus driver been behind the wheel?
November 4, 2011The next time you get on an inter-city bus, ask the driver how many hours he or she has spent behind the wheel in the last week.
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Construction workers more likely to die on the job
November 4, 2011Over their careers, construction workers have a one in 200 chance of dying on the job, five times what the government considers the "significant" risk.
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Service Employees sue South Carolina over anti-immigrant law
November 3, 2011Once again, the Service Employees have joined a private lawsuit, and supported an Obama administration lawsuit, challenging anti-immigrant laws.
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Union leaders to G20: World must focus recovery on workers, jobs
November 2, 2011World leaders must pivot and focus the international economy - and its recovery - on getting workers into jobs, union leaders will tell international leaders meeting in Cannes, France.
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AFL-CIO ramps up campaign to protect Social Security
October 31, 2011The AFL-CIO is ramping up its campaign to protect Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid from threatened future cuts by the congressional so-called "Super Committee."
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Right-to-work scheme rears its head in Indiana again
October 31, 2011A GOP scheme to make Indiana into a so-called "Right to Work" state, crippling unions by allowing thousands of workers to be freeloaders, has reared its head in the Hoosier State - again.
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