Mark Gruenberg
LATEST ARTICLES BY Mark Gruenberg
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Trumka: more jobs solve deficit crisis
November 19, 2010WASHINGTON (PAI) - AFL-CIO President Richard L. Trumka is strongly reiterating the position that creation of more jobs will increase revenues and thus solve the nation's deficit and debt crisis.
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Bad news for workers: Kline hates EFCA, opposes tougher OSHA penalties
November 19, 2010WASHINGTON (PAI) - John Kline, the Republican who will take over the House Education and Labor Committee next year, hates the Employee Free Choice Act and opposes tougher penalties for job safety and health violations.
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World unions say jobs first
November 12, 2010The leaders of the world's unions are demanding that national leaders put jobs first as the way to get the globe out of its continuing deep recession.
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Obama aide sees unionization as fix for economy
November 5, 2010WASHINGTON (PAI) - Legislation like the Employee Free Choice Act, which promotes collective bargaining, would help pull the U.S. out of its economic hole, a top White House official says.
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Flight attendants to appeal narrow loss at Delta
November 5, 2010Flight attendants will appeal their narrow loss in a union recognition vote at Delta airlines, saying their campaign fell victim to massive management intimidation.
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In wake of election, labor must move on four tracks
November 4, 2010WASHINGTON (PAI) - In the wake of massive losses of union-friendly lawmakers on Election Night 2010, the labor movement must re-group and re-think its strategy for accomplishing its goals, by moving on four tracks: organizing, mobilizing,...
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Labor’s final dash to the finish
October 29, 2010CHICAGO (PAI) - Union leaders and members are in a mad dash to the finish for the 2010 election cycle with leaders crisscrossing the country to concentrate on key races - even phone-banking on Election Day...
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Labor law turned inside out?
October 29, 2010WASHINGTON (PAI) - U.S. labor law "has been turned inside out, protecting the powerful rather than the powerless" in the 75 years since the National Labor Relations Act was enacted, a top labor historian says.
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