Mark Gruenberg
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U.S.
Top Dem says control of House a tossup in 2012
March 29, 2012"My job is to elect 25 Democrats so we can stop these union-bashing, Medicare-privatizing, Social Security-destroying House Republicans," said Rep. Steve Israel.
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Teamsters highlight contradictions in Mexican trucks case
March 28, 2012The Teamsters have apparently caught the Obama Transportation Department in several contradictions.
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Labor hits delay on new safety rule
March 28, 2012The Obama administration's Office of Management and Budget is sitting on - apparently indefinitely - a proposed job safety rule to cut worker exposure to silica dust.
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Pennsylvania unions blast new voter ID law
March 27, 2012
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MI unions seek bargaining rights amendment
March 26, 2012"Working families who built Michigan's middle class now want to rebuild it," Teamsters President James Hoffa said.
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‘Arab Spring’ unions get top rights award
March 26, 2012Two union federations that have been leaders in the "Arab Spring," in Tunisia and Bahrain, received the AFL-CIO's top human rights award.
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Labor pushes for highway-mass transit bill, GOP blocks
March 23, 2012The bill would approve highway and mass transit construction money for the next two years, creating tens of thousands of jobs. And civil engineers say there are now thousands of structurally deficient or functionally obsolete bridges.
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AFL-CIO defends women’s access to contraception
March 16, 2012The AFL-CIO has stepped forward to defend women's access to contraception, "regardless of where they work."
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