Mark Gruenberg
LATEST ARTICLES BY Mark Gruenberg
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Labor
Verizon is tax deadbeat, report shows
November 23, 2011In the last three years, as it raked in more than $100 billion in revenues and $33 billion in U.S. profits, Verizon has been a tax deadbeat.
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Labor
Trumka, Weingarten blame GOP for “super committee” failure
November 23, 2011AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka and AFT President Randi Weingarten, blamed the flop on GOP refusal to abandon tax cuts for the rich.
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Labor
Hoffa wins re-election as Teamsters president
November 23, 2011Incumbent Teamsters President James Hoffa was re-elected to a fourth term in final results announced by an independent overseer on Nov. 18.
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Labor
Steelworkers, top British union, hold joint Congress
November 21, 2011The London conference discussed participation by rank and file delegations of activists in each other's education, rapid response, health and safety, civil rights, and women's conferences.
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Labor
Postal unions blast two “rescue” bills
November 18, 2011Postal workers are blasting both Postal Service "rescue" bills as deeply flawed legislation that would come close to killing the Postal Service.
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U.S.
Progressive groups vs. Social Security, Medicare cuts
November 17, 2011Progressive groups, led by the Campaign for America's Future, are campaigning hard against proposals floated by deficit-cutting "Super Committee" Democrats.
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Labor
Domestic Workers United, Occupy Wall Street oppose Keystone XL pipeline
November 17, 2011Domestic Workers United, which the AFL-CIO recently honored, and Occupy Wall Street, the anti-greed grass-roots movement labor backs, decided to oppose construction of the Keystone XL pipeline from Alberta to Texas.
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Labor
More meatcutters unionize
November 16, 2011The United Food and Commercial Workers gained its second big union recognition election win at a meatpacker in two weeks on Nov. 4.
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