Mark Gruenberg
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Labor
Supreme Court takes case that would cripple labor’s political activity
January 10, 2012Yet another right-wing attempt to curb unions' political activism, by cutting off money, landed before the Supreme Court today.
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U.S.
Wisconsin recall Walker campaign reaches signature minimum
January 9, 2012But organizers want to send at least 720,277 names to the state as a show of strength and to provide a cushion should officials disallow some of the signatures.
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Labor
Airline union win shows importance of courts to workers
January 6, 2012When the nation's transportation unions won a significant decision on union election rules, in federal appeals court, it emphasized the importance of courts to workers.
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Labor
High court to hear union campaign finance case
January 5, 2012Another right-wing effort to throw public worker unions out of politics hit the U.S. Supreme Court agenda.
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Opinion
Congress staggers home to angry constituents
January 3, 2012The God-forsaken Republican-run 112th Congress staggered home for an almost month-long recess. After what it did and did not do, workers and their allies are using the break to give those lawmakers an earful.
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U.S.
GOP caves, Congress passes jobless benefits extension
January 2, 2012Congress finally passed a two-month extension of long-term unemployment benefits and a Social Security payroll tax cut for workers.
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Labor
Feds hit Houston oil pipe firm with $1m safety violation fine
January 2, 2012OSHA inspectors found 13 willful violations, with a fine of $70,000 each, including unguarded presses, no guards on machines for cutting I-beams, and pipes and no brakes on overhead cranes.
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Labor
Historian: Air Controller strike a turning point for the U.S.
December 16, 2011The 1981 PATCO strike permanently changed U.S. labor relations and opened the door to the bitter, ideological polarization now rife in U.S. politics.
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