Mark Gruenberg
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Labor
“Time to challenge basic assumptions,” says Trumka
October 11, 2011Americans must challenge and rethink three basic assumptions that have guided the country and the economy for the last 30 years and run both into the ditch, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka says.
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AFL-CIO’s week of action focuses on jobs
October 11, 2011Somewhere over New Mexico, there's a big, hot air balloon flying. "Jobs, Not Cuts," its sign declares.
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Unionists lobby vs. trade pacts
October 10, 2011Unionists face uphill odds in battling against so-called U.S. "free trade" pacts with South Korea, Panama and Colombia.
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Official jobless rate stays at 9.1 percent
October 7, 2011Private businesses claimed that they added 137,000 new jobs, but 33 percent of those were Communications Workers and Electrical Workers, who returned to their posts after calling off the strike.
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OSHA warns hair salons on worker exposure to formaldehyde
September 27, 2011The federal agency is warning the nation's hair salons - again - about the exposure of their low-paid female workers to formaldehyde present in hair smoothing and straightening products.
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Labor takes fight against the right into the courts
September 26, 2011Labor's fight against the radical Right isn't just occurring in the streets or at the ballot box. Unions are challenging the Right Wing's schemes in court, too.
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Jersey casino fights labor board
September 20, 2011At issue is the hotel's court challenge to NLRB's certification of the United Auto Workers to represent the casino's full and part-time dealers.
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Does outsourcing save government money?
September 16, 2011Contracting out federal jobs to the private sector wastes billions of dollars, a new study shows.
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