Mark Gruenberg
LATEST ARTICLES BY Mark Gruenberg
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Labor
Survey: 36 percent of U.S. “financially desperate” or barely getting by
August 10, 2016The study by the world's top global union federation, adds that the proportion is higher among women, people aged 16-24 and those with less education.
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U.S.
Unionists, protesters, fact-checkers, economists pan Trump economics address
August 9, 2016"How are we supposed to raise our families without good jobs? Is that what you call 'winning'?"
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U.S.
Trump’s VP pick Mike Pence addresses right-wing lobby ALEC
August 8, 2016Indiana's governor, Trump's Republican running mate, addressed - and hailed - ALEC, disregarding worker protests out front of the secretive right-wing cabal's meeting.
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Labor
New Jersey public pensions battle goes down to the wire
August 5, 2016The pension battle began several years ago when Christie claimed the state not only wouldn't pay its part of the pensions, but couldn't afford to do so.
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Labor
OSHA hits poultry producer Pilgrim’s Pride, UFCW calls “medical malfeasance”
August 5, 2016Pilgrim's Pride "did not furnish a place of employment free from the recognized hazards likely to cause or serious physical harm" to workers.
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U.S.
Massachusetts passes most comprehensive state equal pay law
August 4, 2016The law bars employers from demanding past salary figures from job applicants; it also provides a more comprehensive definition of comparable work.
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Labor
NLRB forcing employers to reimburse illegally fired workers
August 4, 2016"The board should not require the victims of unfair labor practices to bear the consequential costs imposed on them by a respondent's unlawful conduct."
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Labor
UN human rights official cites attacks on worker rights in U.S.
July 29, 2016"Racism and the exclusion, persecution, and marginalization that come with it, affect the enabling environment for the exercise of association and assembly rights."
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