Mark Gruenberg
LATEST ARTICLES BY Mark Gruenberg
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U.S.
Trumka: Big Banks’ payment on mortgage settlement good first step
February 13, 2012A $26.5 billion settlement between the states' attorneys general and big banks over the financial finagling with mortgage-backed securities is a good first step, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka says.
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U.S.
Obama’s pension chief pushes new plan to protect retirees
February 10, 2012The head of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp., which insures traditional private pensions, wants to change how his agency charges premiums to firms it serves.
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Labor
House GOP blasts Obama NLRB appointments
February 10, 2012Republicans on the highly partisan House Education and the Workforce Committee blasted President Obama's recess appointments to the NLRB.
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U.S.
Jobless benefits and payroll tax cut in danger, SEIU warns
February 9, 2012Republican lawmakers are plotting to allow extra federal jobless benefits and the "temporary" payroll tax cut for 160 million workers to lapse.
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Labor
Union leaders say ”right to work” will boomerang in Indiana
February 9, 2012Indiana became the nation's 23rd "Right to Work" state. Union leaders blasted the legislation, and predicted it'll boomerang at the ballot box this fall.
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Labor
Educators tell labor board: Restore our rights
February 9, 2012Graduate assistants and teaching assistants at New York University want their union rights back.
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Labor
Want to raise your pay? Join a union
February 6, 2012Go show this column to your non-union neighbors.
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Labor
Communications workers endorse Obama
February 3, 2012CWA's statement praised Obama but also took hard shots at the current GOP leader, former Massachusetts Governor and Bain Capital CEO Mitt Romney.
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