Mark Gruenberg
LATEST ARTICLES BY Mark Gruenberg
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Letter Carriers slam new federal report on postal service
January 10, 2013A new federal report on the financial ills of the U.S. Postal Service is a reiteration of previous justifications for huge agency prepayments of future retirees' health care costs.
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Labor Secretary Solis resigns, Trumka lauds her service
January 10, 2013Labor Secretary Hilda Solis, who repeatedly declared herself "the new sheriff in town" on behalf of workers the last four years, resigned her position on Jan. 9.
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Unions hit GOP on Sandy aid
January 7, 2013AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka termed Boehner's decision "a slap in the face." Others were more caustic.
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Year ends with 7.8 percent jobless rate
January 4, 2013The U.S. ended 2012 with a 7.8 percent jobless rate in December, unchanged from the month before and down 0.7 percent from the end of 2011.
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Courts remain key to advancing workers’ rights
January 3, 2013If you think courts aren't important to workers, then unions in Wisconsin, Alaska and Texas have a blunt message for you: Wrong.
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Unions to aim for labor law, immigration reform
January 3, 2013Reforming labor law to help balance the scales between workers and bosses in organizing and bargaining, will always be labor's number one legislative priority - until it passes.
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Supreme Court tackles “who is a supervisor?”
January 2, 2013Supervisors, as agents of firms, must not discriminate or harass - or stop it when it occurs.
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Union reps warn of “devastating” budget cuts
December 13, 2012The unions and their allies have launched campaigns against the budget cutting ideas, contacting lawmakers both in D.C. and at home.
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