Mark Gruenberg
LATEST ARTICLES BY Mark Gruenberg
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Some Republican anti-labor moves derailed, the fight goes on
June 20, 2012Three narrow votes in a key Senate committee and some crafty maneuvering by Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., derailed anti-labor schemes that right-wing Republican senators hatched and floated in mid-June.
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At G-20, union leaders make the case for jobs not austerity
June 20, 2012Union leaders, including AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, delivered the strong message that "austerity does not work," and only makes things worse for workers, to the G-20 leaders of the industrialized world, meeting in Los Cabos, Mexico.
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Court blocks airline union vote
June 15, 2012Texas federal judge Terry Means has halted a planned union recognition vote among 10,000 passenger service agents at American Airlines.
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Mine workers stay neutral in presidential race
June 15, 2012The governing council of the union's campaign finance committee, or PAC, backed Smith's comment and added Romney is unacceptable so far, too.
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Firefighters formally endorse Obama
June 14, 2012The Fire Fighters, one of the most politically active unions - and one that is plurality Republican - formally endorsed Democratic President Barack Obama.
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Union and Obama super PAC buy $4 million in ads
June 14, 2012The Service Employees and Priorities USA have bought ads in key states with Hispanic-American populations, exposing the anti-worker, anti-Hispanic record Mitt Romney.
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Transit union applauds ban on reckless bus firms
June 8, 2012The Amalgamated Transit Union is praising the federal government for ordering 26 unsafe bus firms to stop plying the nation's roads.
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Consumer group demands end to sugar lockout
June 8, 2012A top pro-labor consumer group asked American Crystal Sugar to resume bargaining with the 1,300 workers the firm locked out 10 months ago.
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