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Weingarten: Govs who ban masks make schools unsafe for kids

September 22, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg

Schools must be open but welcoming and safe, governors in culprit states are told.

Workers win, ending Mondelez Oreo cookie strike

September 22, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg

You can buy and eat Oreo cookies again. After striking, workers at five U.S. snack plants have ratified a new contract.

Heavyweight lawmakers back safe staffing in nursing homes

September 21, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg

Another milestone in National Nurses United’s long campaign for safe staffing of U.S. healthcare facilities.

Shierholz takes over at Economic Policy Institute

September 16, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg

As a leading economist, she has consistently exposed the damaging roles of inequality, wage stagnation, and the wealth gap.

AFL-CIO’s Shuler to ExxonMobil: Locking out refinery workers risks deadly accident

September 15, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg

The Beaumont scenario is similar to a fatal explosion and fire at BP’s Texas City refinery in 2005. That blast killed 15 workers, most of them contract employees, and injured 180 people.