Mark Gruenberg
LATEST ARTICLES BY Mark Gruenberg
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Opinion
Wisconsin Walker recall battle close to dead heat
May 23, 2012Polls show a near dead heat in the bitter battle pitting labor's legions against Walker's millions.
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Labor
Cities’ budget cuts target firefighters, slowing responses
May 17, 2012From coast to coast, mayors and city councils are hacking away at firefighters' ranks in desperate attempts to cut budgets and save cash by cutting workers.
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Labor
Unions blast judge for halting new election rules
May 16, 2012Unionists blasted a ruling by a federal judge throwing out the union election rules changes the National Labor Relations Board recently implemented.
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Labor
Labor’s top organizer sees long fight ahead
May 14, 2012Labor groups, Latinos, African-Americans, women, and students must unite in a years-long campaign to restore and reclaim workers rights.
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Labor
Trumka: Labor and allies to unveil economic platform
May 14, 2012A coalition of progressive groups, led by the AFL-CIO, will unveil a joint platform this summer.
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Labor
Trumka: America’s economic lead is not a given
May 11, 2012Below are excerpts of a speech by Richard Trumka to the Center for National Policy, a think tank that in concentrated on national security issues.
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Labor
Labor’s International Hall of Fame to induct 9/11 union victims
May 11, 2012The 636 unionists who died in the infamous al-Qaeda attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, will be inducted as a group into Labor's International Hall of Fame.
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Labor
Two big unions turn up heat in presidential race
May 10, 2012With the presidential campaign in full swing following President Obama's formal re-election announcement, two top unions jumped in hard.
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