Mark Gruenberg
LATEST ARTICLES BY Mark Gruenberg
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U.S.
AFL-CIO defends women’s access to contraception
March 16, 2012In the wake of a GOP-induced controversy over contraceptive rights and health care, the AFL-CIO has stepped forward to defend women's access to contraception, "regardless of where they work."
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Labor
Anti-worker legislation’s negative impact on women, minorities
March 15, 2012The anti-worker legislation pushed for the last 18 months by the Big Business-GOP cabal has a disproportionate impact on women and minorities.
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Labor
Proposed rules would allow home care workers minimum wage, overtime
March 13, 2012Labor-backed Interfaith Worker Justice is mobilizing support for home health care workers.
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U.S.
Payday lending makes banks big profits
March 13, 2012In their constant quest for ever-larger profits, at least five of the nation's leading banks have entered the sleazy, unscrupulous, and usurious field of payday lending.
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Labor
UFCW: D.C.-Baltimore chains going nuclear vs. workers
March 12, 2012The Washington-Baltimore area's two biggest grocery chains, Giant and Safeway, are "going nuclear" in their war against their combined 30,000 workers.
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Labor
RWDSU launches campaign for NYC car wash workers after devastating report
March 12, 2012RWDSU is launching a campaign to bring workers' rights - including the right to organize - to some 5,000 car wash workers in New York City.
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Labor
Mine workers: Federal mine safety agency’s deficiencies helped lead to fatal disaster
March 9, 2012Mine Workers Pres. Cecil Roberts adds the agency was also victim of lack of funds and mis-directed priorities imposed by the GOP Bush government in the years before the blast.
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U.S.
Highway mass transit bill hits rocky road
March 9, 2012The GOP-run House has split into warring factions over its version - so much so that Republican leaders are threatening their own caucus.
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