Mark Gruenberg
LATEST ARTICLES BY Mark Gruenberg
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Feds again targeting outspoken Latinos
March 4, 2013Josemaria Islas made a mistake last July - he went outside to eat his lunch.
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Unions to focus on dumping GOP governors
March 1, 2013The 2012 election is barely in the books, but the AFL-CIO is already starting to think about the next round of polling, in November 2014.
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Trumka: AFL-CIO to undergo wide-scale revamp
February 28, 2013The revamp will meet the conditions of changing workplaces, extend labor's reach, and shift its emphasis within the federation to more inter-union and regional cooperation.
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New moves to tax corporate offshore havens
February 25, 2013General Electric avoided $35.7 billion in U.S. taxes by putting $102 billion in 2010 profits in "at least 14" tax havens in Bermuda, Singapore and Luxembourg.
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New consumer campaign: higher minimum wage for restaurant workers
February 25, 2013Can you imagine trying to live on $2.13 an hour, with no sick days and a 1-in-10 chance of having health care coverage?
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Letter carriers to protest postal service Sat. shutdown
February 22, 2013Stepping up their grassroots lobbying of lawmakers, the Letter Carriers will stage a nationwide protest against the Postal Service's Saturday service shutdown scheme.
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Intl. union leader: “Conditions bad for workers”
February 22, 2013A top international union leader has a grim message for the leaders of world financial institutions.
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Right to work for less amendment blocked in Virginia
February 20, 2013The radical right, big business and GOP coalition that pushes right to work for less legislation suffered a setback in Virginia in late January.
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