Mark Gruenberg
LATEST ARTICLES BY Mark Gruenberg
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After first look at full TPP text, union leaders give pact thumbs down
November 6, 2015Union leaders gave the 12-nation treaty an initial thumbs down as being too pro-corporate and not guaranteeing workers' rights.
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House passes highway-transit bill, delays rail safety
October 30, 2015"We need to increase investments in our infrastructure and focus on the areas that will truly help create jobs and support our economy."
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NLRB declares taxi drivers are employees, can vote to unionize
October 30, 2015Taxi drivers, like millions of other such exploited workers nationwide, are not "independent contractors" but are really employees.
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Sanders addresses and marches with Verizon picketers
October 29, 2015When's the last time a presidential hopeful walked a picket line?
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AFL-CIO’s largest union endorses Clinton
October 28, 2015"AFSCME members want a candidate who is committed to fixing our out-of-balance economy and raising incomes for working people."
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On the trans-pacific partnership, we have to educate
October 23, 2015A recent poll on the controversial so-called "free trade" pact tells us that workers and our allies have a massive public education job to do.
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Canadian unions cheer as voters toss out right-wing Prime Minister Harper
October 21, 2015In his decade in power, Harper, whom voters decisively tossed out, made a target of Canadian unions.
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In most states, even $15 an hour is not enough
October 21, 2015Workers nationwide have been campaigning for a $15 hourly "living wage," but a new think tank report says that in most states, $15 is not enough.
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