Mark Gruenberg
LATEST ARTICLES BY Mark Gruenberg
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U.S.
Renewed push to legally ban racial profiling
April 19, 2012In an April 17 Senate hearing, union groups joined civil rights, community and faith-based organizations in a renewed push to legally ban racial profiling by law enforcers.
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Labor
Teamsters proposal to restructure bankrupt Hostess
April 19, 2012The Teamsters' proposal demands executives, as well as all stakeholders, share equally in financial sacrifices for Hostess to emerge from bankruptcy "instead of paying lip-service to the concept."
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Labor
How JFK forced steel price roll back
April 13, 2012It was a corporate double-cross 50 years ago that produced one of President John F. Kennedy's most famous lines.
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Labor
99% Spring blooming nationwide
April 13, 2012Activists nationwide are ensuring that the 99% Spring is in full bloom.
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U.S.
Supreme Court urged to toss Ariz. immigration law
April 11, 2012The nation's unions have joined the Obama administration in urging the U.S. Supreme Court to toss out Arizona's anti-immigrant law, SB1070.
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Labor
NLRB condemns Hyatt’s Facebook censorship
April 11, 2012The NLRB's regional director in Phoenix has thrown the book - or, rather, the company employee handbook - at Hyatt, arguing that sections of it are illegal.
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Labor
Should union organizers get civil rights protections?
April 10, 2012Workers who are trying to unionize should be added to the groups of people protected by the nation's civil rights laws, two authors say. Currently those laws apply to women and minorities. Their idea, in the...
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Labor
One big union for film, TV, and radio
April 9, 2012Members of the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists approved the two unions' merger.
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