Mark Gruenberg

LATEST ARTICLES BY Mark Gruenberg

• Labor

  

  Coronavirus causes 35% weekly hike in jobless claim applications

  January 15, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg

  Jobless crisis sharpens as depression resulting from virus-forced closures deepens.

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• Politics

  

  AFL-CIO King conference looks ahead to what is possible

  January 15, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg

  The theme of the gathering is not to dwell on what has been taken away but to focus on building upon past victories to build a better future.

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• U.S.

  

  Low-wage Fight for 15 workers forced to walk out Jan. 15

  January 14, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg

  Nationwide strike planned for Friday.

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• Labor

  

  Biden’s pandemic aid bill to look like the Cares Act

  January 14, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg

  The new Democratic aid package includes the main planks of the Cares Act killed by McConnell.

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• Politics

  

  House impeaches Trump for second time

  January 13, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg

  He will make history as the only president to have been impeached twice.

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• Labor

  

  Biden, AFL-CIO labor law agendas track each other

  January 13, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg

  Richard Trumka, president of the nation’s largest labor federation, is calling Joe Biden the most pro-worker president in decades.

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• Politics

  

  AFL-CIO leaders back immediate ouster of Trump

  January 12, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg

  Announcement made as a nation on edge watches lawmakers take steps today and tomorrow to remove a dangerous and deranged president.

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• Labor

  

  Get a shovel: Biden to roll back Trump ‘midnight rules’

  January 12, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg

  Democratic President Joe Biden promises to immediately undo the most recent—and some of the most egregious—damage perpetrated by his right-wing GOP predecessor, Donald Trump.

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