Mark Gruenberg
LATEST ARTICLES BY Mark Gruenberg
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Relocating production line to avoid union breaks labor law
April 25, 2011The NLRB says Boeing's decision to locate its second assembly line for its new model "Dreamliner" super-jumbo passenger plane in non-union South Carolina, and not in its unionized plants in the Pacific Northwest, breaks labor law.
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May Day in Chicago: Labor to commemorate Haymarket martyrs
April 22, 2011It's just one word in labor history with a lot of associations: Haymarket.
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In a government shutdown, who is “essential”?
April 7, 2011With a federal government shutdown looming, Elaine Mitchell is wondering if she's "essential" and if she'll get paid, or when.
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Justices dig into details of Wal-Mart sex discrimination
April 1, 2011The Supreme Court is trying to determine whether Wal-Mart's female workers have the right to sue the company as a class.
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Justices protect workers who file verbal complaints
March 31, 2011A complaint is a complaint, and it's valid - and protected - whether it's verbal or in writing, at least under the 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act.
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Small Wal-Mart action led to big sex discrimination suit
March 31, 2011It all started with something Betty Dukes didn't do in 1998 at a Wal-Mart store in Pittsburg, Calif. She didn't come back late from lunch.
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Union sees AT&T buyout of T-Mobile as good for workers
March 25, 2011AT&T's purchase of T-Mobile could open the way for unionization of the thousands of T-Mobile workers who have been denied a voice on the job.
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Upper Big Branch miner describes scene at blast
March 24, 2011On that dismal day in West Virginia history, when the Upper Big Branch mine exploded, a son of one of the miners, Eddie, went from person to person asking: "Is there any word?"
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