Mark Gruenberg
LATEST ARTICLES BY Mark Gruenberg
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Labor
Union leaders slam federal budget deal
December 12, 2013Union leaders say it unfairly hits the nation's two million federal workers - who have borne the brunt of prior budget cuts.
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U.S.
Obama: Collective bargaining can close the income gap
December 5, 2013In a wide-ranging speech on the state of the economy, President Obama took sharp aim at income inequality, citing the growing gulf between the rich and the rest of us.
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Labor
Teachers’ leader: ALEC kills rights for corporate power
December 5, 2013ALEC "strips away rights" of workers and voters "in the interests of the power they represent," AFT president Randi Weingarten says.
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U.S.
Medina, other immigration reform fasters, step aside for reinforcements
December 4, 2013Eliseo Medina and his fasting colleagues ended their D.C. vigil by handing off the fast to a group of successors.
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Labor
Truckers support Walmart workers ahead of Black Friday
November 21, 2013An early action against the megamonster, known for its always-low wages, always-bad benefits and rampant labor law-breaking, came Nov. 18.
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World
Iraq: The struggle for new labor and trade union laws
November 21, 2013Progress on enacting a new trade union law in Iraq is still stalled.
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U.S.
Asbestos survivors blast GOP bill
November 14, 2013One survivor calls the legislation "one-sided, unfair and unnecessary."
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Labor
Supreme court wrestles with outlawing card check and other union rights
November 13, 2013Some right-wing anti-union moves ran into an apparently skeptical U.S. Supreme Court on Nov. 13.
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