Mark Gruenberg
LATEST ARTICLES BY Mark Gruenberg
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Arizona next battleground in workers’ rights war
February 2, 2012Neither the state AFL-CIO's efforts nor the special election recall loss in November of a key radical right ally stopped GOP Gov. Jan Brewer
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Worker-friendly senator to unveil jobs plan
February 2, 2012WASHINGTON (PAI) - Senate Labor Committee Chairman Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, will roll out an extensive package of legislation within the next few weeks - everything from infrastructure improvements to parts of the Employee Free Choice Act...
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Union leaders praise Obama’s economic themes
January 30, 2012Union leaders view positively the emphasis President Obama put on economic themes in his State of the Union address, particularly his call for the wealthy to pay their fair share in taxes .
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Human Rights Watch issues stinging indictment on conditions here
January 27, 2012The report amounts to a stinging indictment of the United States in the area of labor rights.
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Class war: They started it
January 26, 2012The Republicans conveniently forget that they started the class war - and they've been winning it for years.
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Unions blast flood of corporate campaign cash
January 26, 2012With the U.S. political system inundated by a flood of unchecked, uncontrollable corporate campaign cash funneled through unaccountable political campaign finance committees, unions blasted the tide of contributions.
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Jewish labor’s Appelbaum supports good-faith Israeli-Palestinian negotiations
January 24, 2012The path to Middle East peace is through good-faith negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians, which U.S. President Barack Obama recognizes
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2012: More battles ahead on Capitol Hill for workers
January 24, 2012Workers, their unions and their allies are gearing up for more tough legislative fights in 2012.
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