Mark Gruenberg
LATEST ARTICLES BY Mark Gruenberg
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Labor movement celebrates with the nation
November 7, 2012First there was anticipation, touched with a little bit of angst. Then there was exhilaration.
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Labor pushing hard in final days before election
November 6, 2012Organized labor's final election push turned to get-out-the-vote and voter protection.
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Teamsters sanitation workers picket private firm in 19 cities
October 29, 2012Some 1,000 Teamsters sanitation workers picketed a private refuse company, Republic/Allied Waste, in 19 cities nationwide on Oct. 25.
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Machinists sound out Boeing workers in S.C.
October 29, 2012The prospects of launching an organizing drive at the Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft construction plant in anti-union South Carolina...
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Which Mitt Romney is the real Mitt Romney?
October 26, 2012We ask that question because the Republican presidential nominee has apparently drawn even with incumbent Barack Obama in the race for the White House.
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Labor board lowers the boom on water company
October 26, 2012Saying American Water Works broke labor law, a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) official ordered the firm to restore retiree health benefits.
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Latino voter numbers to rise 25 percent
October 25, 2012The number of Latino voters will rise by 25 percent in the 2012 election, to 12.6 million, compared to 2008, and they'll hold the key votes in more states than ever before.
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Walmart workers sue for unpaid wages
October 25, 2012The other shoe - the legal one - has dropped in Wal-Mart's constant low pay and bad benefits for its workers.
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