Mark Gruenberg
LATEST ARTICLES BY Mark Gruenberg
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Union leaders question proposed U.S.-Europe ‘free trade’ pact
June 4, 2013Union leaders from the U.S. and Europe are questioning the value and safeguards for workers in a proposed "free trade" pact between the world's two largest trading areas.
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Maryland’s Gov. O’Malley pushes jobs program
June 4, 2013"There is no progress without jobs, and there are no jobs without fiscal responsibility."
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Union protests Obama’s nomination of Pritzker
May 28, 2013Saying Hyatt Hotel magnate Penny Pritzker destroys jobs, Unite Here members crowded into the back of a Senate hearing room to show the union opposes her nomination as U.S. Commerce Secretary.
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Unions gather aid for tornado victims
May 24, 2013Unions, led by the fire fighters and the AFL-CIO, are gathering aid for their members and other victims of the tornadoes in Oklahoma and Kansas.
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Split Senate panel OKs Obama NLRB nominees
May 23, 2013In split votes, the Senate Labor Committee approved President Obama's five nominees - three Democrats and two Republicans - for seats on the National Labor Relations Board.
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Second court further limits Obama recess appointments
May 22, 2013A second federal appeals court further limited President Obama's power to make "recess appointments" to the NLRB when the Senate is out of session.
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Union and growers split on immigration plan
May 22, 2013And that split could imperil immigration legislation overall, since the GOP-run House has made it clear that it may deep-six the Senate's comprehensive immigration overhaul.
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GOP backs down on “right to work” in two states
May 16, 2013GOP state legislative leaders in Ohio and Missouri effectively stopped drives for so-called "right to work" laws in those legislatures.
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