Mark Gruenberg
LATEST ARTICLES BY Mark Gruenberg
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New rights pact signed as Colombia hunger strike continues
August 9, 2012The Labor Department, Colombia and the ILO signed another agreement to protect workers' rights, even as a hunger strike by Colombian workers continued.
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AFL-CIO: Prosperity requires stronger labor laws
August 6, 2012Strengthening labor law is part of a comprehensive plan for shared prosperity the AFL-CIO Executive Council endorsed last week.
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Union fights scheme to privatize NYC parking meters
August 6, 2012If New York's 90,000 meters are sold, private owners would reap profits for years while the city would be left with an annual $150 million revenue hole for decades.
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Labor leaders: GOP holding workers as hostages
August 3, 2012The right wing, is holding workers and the economy "hostage" to their demands for continuing and permanent tax cuts for the wealthiest 2 percent.
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Labor to mobilize 400,000 volunteers for 2012 elections
August 3, 2012The AFL-CIO's executive council gave final approval to a plan to deploy at least 400,000 union members to work on the re-election of President Obama.
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Labor, community groups to launch campaign against GOP on taxes
August 2, 2012The GOP-led House on August 1 rejected extending Democratic-proposed tax cuts for the middle class.
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Study: “Good jobs” in America on the decline
August 2, 2012The share of "good jobs" in the U.S. economy declined from 27.4 percent to 24.6 percent since 1979, a new report by two labor economists says.
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Court kills, for now, NLRB attempt to speed union elections
August 1, 2012A federal district judge in D.C. has turned down the request to reconsider and reverse his prior ruling.
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