Mark Gruenberg
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Labor
Unions join religious leaders in Arizona law protests
July 30, 2010PHOENIX (PAI)--Unionists joined religious leaders on July 29 in mass protests against Arizona's draconian anti-immigrant law.
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U.S.
Forecast: joblessness to stay high for up to 11 years
July 23, 2010New joblessness findings prompted Sen. Al Franken and Rep. Keith Ellison to demand that Congress pass legislation to save up to 900,000 state and local government jobs.
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U.S.
Panel: Family policy caught in political partisanship
July 20, 2010WASHINGTON (PAI) - Policies on whether, and how, to aid the nation's families have gotten caught in the poisonous political partisanship permeating the country, said speakers at a panel on the future of families.
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Labor
Court gives unions go-ahead at largest U.S. airline
July 14, 2010(PAI) - A federal court ruling has given the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA and the Machinists the "go" signal to organize approximately 50,000 workers at the "new Delta."
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Labor
NEA splits with Obama over education law
July 12, 2010NEW ORLEANS (PAI) - In his keynote at the National Education Association's Representative Assembly, NEA President Dennis Van Roekel criticized the administration's continued use of student test scores to measure schools.
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World
G-20 fails to do enough for job creation, global labor says
July 5, 2010TORONTO (PAI)--The world's top political leaders are failing to meet the global job creation challenge resulting from the Great Recession, global labor leaders charge.
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U.S.
Quick action on financial reform urged
July 5, 2010WASHINGTON (PAI)--Union allies, led by the Americans for Financial Reform, urged lawmakers to quickly approve the comprehensive Wall Street reform bill that congressional negotiators produced in late June.
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Labor
Steelworkers, wind energy group join forces to create jobs
June 29, 2010The Steelworkers union and the American Wind Energy Association have agreed to work together to develop the wind power industry - with U.S. workers in U.S. factories.
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