Mark Gruenberg
LATEST ARTICLES BY Mark Gruenberg
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Labor
Service workers use NAFTA to pressure Alabama
May 3, 2012The Service Employees and a top Mexican employment lawyers group are using the pro-worker side letter of NAFTA to go after Alabama.
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Labor
Obama to building trades: GOP blocking construction jobs
May 1, 2012Obama's campaign for more construction jobs comes against a continuing backdrop of high joblessness in the construction industry: 17.2% in March, more than double the national jobless rate of 8.2%.
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Labor
Workers say fight to save Post Office goes on
May 1, 2012By a 62-37 vote on Apr. 25, the Senate approved a modified postal "reform" bill, S1789. The battle over the future of the Postal Service now moves to the GOP-run House.
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Labor
Walker’s revenge felt by Wisconsin workers
April 30, 2012Three groups of Badger State workers have been 'disciplined' for opposing GOP Gov. Scott Walker.
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Labor
Labor and allies make their stand outside Supreme Court
April 27, 2012Unionists and their allies made their stand for immigrants' rights clear outside the justices' front door.
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U.S.
Justices skeptical about parts of Arizona immigration law
April 27, 2012Where Arizona and federal laws differ is that Arizona has higher penalties against only the workers and presumes they're undocumented, forcing them to prove their legality.
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Labor
Senate defeats GOP anti-union scheme
April 25, 2012The anti-union measure would have nullified NLRB rules that consolidate legal hearings regarding the union votes and shortening the time period for employers' appeals.
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Labor
Florida tomato harvesters take penny campaign to Giant Food
April 20, 2012Day by day for the last eight years, Santiago Perez has toiled in the tomato fields of Immokalee, Fla. It's not fun.
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