Mark Gruenberg

LATEST ARTICLES BY Mark Gruenberg

• Labor

  

  Overcoming company hurdles, 6,000 Amazon workers start union recognition vote

  February 16, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg

  If workers here go union, it will mark a double breakthrough for organized labor in two notoriously hostile environments: Amazon and Alabama.

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• Politics

  

  Impeachment: 57-43 Senate majority—but not enough—votes to convict Trump

  February 13, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg

  Many of the 43 voting for acquittal were as guilty of the insurrection as the former president himself.

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• Labor

  

  Panel to Congress: Transportation workers at higher risk of coronavirus

  February 12, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg

  Risk for bus drivers could be five times that of the risk for the general population.

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• U.S.

  

  Congressional prosecutors: Trump’s, insurrectionists’ words prove he incited Capitol invasion

  February 12, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg

  They issue chilling forecasts of what will happen if the senators fail to convict the former president.

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• U.S.

  

  Some children to return to Chicago classrooms next week

  February 12, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg And Roberta Wood

  By a 2 to 1 vote, Chicago Teachers Union members approve a re-opening plan.

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• Labor

  

  BLS: Pandemic’s job hit continues, as new aid claims rise 14.55%

  February 11, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg

  Rising joblessness underscores the need for passage of the massive rescue package proposed by Biden.

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• Politics

  

  Trump trial team shifts to details in building conviction case

  February 11, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg

  Will wrap up testimony today showing Trump was involved in the buildup to the attack over a period of months.

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• Environment

  

  House panel probes meatpackers’ refusal to protect workers from virus

  February 10, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg

  Action shows the seriousness with which the new administration is treating worker safety.

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