Mark Gruenberg
LATEST ARTICLES BY Mark Gruenberg
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U.S.
Payday lending makes banks big profits
March 13, 2012In their constant quest for ever-larger profits, at least five of the nation's leading banks have entered the sleazy, unscrupulous, and usurious field of payday lending.
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Labor
UFCW: D.C.-Baltimore chains going nuclear vs. workers
March 12, 2012The Washington-Baltimore area's two biggest grocery chains, Giant and Safeway, are "going nuclear" in their war against their combined 30,000 workers.
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Labor
RWDSU launches campaign for NYC car wash workers after devastating report
March 12, 2012RWDSU is launching a campaign to bring workers' rights - including the right to organize - to some 5,000 car wash workers in New York City.
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Labor
Mine workers: Federal mine safety agency’s deficiencies helped lead to fatal disaster
March 9, 2012Mine Workers Pres. Cecil Roberts adds the agency was also victim of lack of funds and mis-directed priorities imposed by the GOP Bush government in the years before the blast.
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U.S.
Highway mass transit bill hits rocky road
March 9, 2012The GOP-run House has split into warring factions over its version - so much so that Republican leaders are threatening their own caucus.
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U.S.
Rights advocate: Justice Department reluctant to take on voter suppression
March 8, 2012The Obama administration's Justice Department is reluctant to take on the fight against voter suppression efforts nationwide.
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U.S.
Bread and Roses in 1912, Hyatt and Hotels in 2012
March 8, 2012When it comes to oppression of women it sometimes seems like "the more things change, the more they stay the same."
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Labor
Steelworkers formally endorse Obama, unanimously
March 7, 2012"This is the right time to do the right thing for a man who proved he is right for the job," said Steelworkers President Leo Gerard.
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