Mark Gruenberg
LATEST ARTICLES BY Mark Gruenberg
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Labor
Union leaders like Obama’s choice for labor secretary
March 20, 2013A top union leader who worked closely with Thomas Perez, President Obama's nominee to be the nation's next Secretary of Labor, says Perez can bring labor and progressive firms together.
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Labor
Flight attendants petition to ban small knives on planes
March 19, 2013In a message on CWA's website, the union wants 100,000 signatures by April 5 on their demand that the Obama administration reverse TSA chief John Pistole's order.
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U.S.
40 years after, Watergate crimes remain relevant
March 15, 2013Common Cause gathered almost everyone it could find from the Watergate era for a 2-day retrospective reviewing the constitutional crimes, known as "Watergate," that brought down Richard Nixon.
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U.S.
Government urged to curb wage theft
March 15, 2013Wage theft comes through arbitrary employer rulings that workers are "independent contractors." That's a form of fraud that hurts workers, honest employers and governments, too,
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World
Murders of journalists on the rise worldwide
March 14, 2013Worldwide intimidation of journalists, including murders, is rising, a panel of experts warns. And the U.S., despite its free press traditions and constitutional protections, rarely protests, the panel adds.
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Labor
Labor board to ask Supreme Court to restore its power
March 13, 2013In a brief announcement, the board said it would ask the justices to review the case, Noel Canning vs. NLRB.
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Labor
Official jobless rate ticks down; 236,000 new jobs
March 11, 2013The nation's jobless rate dropped 0.1 percent in February, to 7.7 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported.
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Labor
Unions go public with intent to overhaul their own structure
March 8, 2013The AFL-CIO will probe new ways of organizing itself and the broader labor movement and its allies to meet what it says are the changing times.
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