Mark Gruenberg
LATEST ARTICLES BY Mark Gruenberg
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Nurse details how hospital manipulated election to beat union
March 13, 2015"The union lost. The company was able to manipulate the election procedure to delay the election date."
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Parade of presidential hopefuls make pitches to fire fighters
March 12, 2015A parade of nine presidential hopefuls made their cases before more than 1,000 Fire Fighters.
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On anniversary of BP blast, judge speaks out for strikers
March 12, 2015The former judge who heard the 4,016 cases in the explosion's aftermath is speaking out for the strikers.
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Mine owner could get up to 30 years for West Virginia deaths
March 12, 2015"When safety standards are cut, miners die. It's that simple. Let's not get to that point."
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Senate GOP votes to kill NLRB union elections rule, Obama promises veto
March 6, 2015By a 53-46 party-line vote, the GOP-run Senate voted to kill the NLRB's planned union elections rule update.
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Unionists storm Capitol Hill to lobby lawmakers vs. fast-track
March 5, 2015Several hundred unionists fanned out over Capitol Hill on Mar. 4 to lobby lawmakers to vote against so-called "fast-track" trade promotion authority.
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Organizers say it’s possible to grow unions in the South
March 5, 2015People remember Norma Rae, whose iconic struggle to organize a union at J.P. Stevens in the 1970's in Roanoke, N.C. was the stuff of a major Hollywood movie.
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Shuler challenges labor movement on promoting women to leadership
February 26, 2015AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Liz Shuler, the highest-ranking woman in the U.S. labor movement, is challenging her colleagues to promote more women to top jobs.
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