Mark Gruenberg
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Labor
Miners press Manchin to choose between them and the coal bosses
January 11, 2022The pressure on him to back Build Back Better, coming from the United Mine Workers of America in West Virginia, may be the one thing that can get the recalcitrant senator to budge.
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Opinion
GOP-named Supreme Court majority cements its role as a pro-corporate fiefdom
January 10, 2022Its likely attack on federal protection of workers exposed to coronavirus recalls the anti-New Deal role the Court played in the 1930s.
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Labor
Jobless rate ends 2021 at 3.9%; EPI: Job leavers took better work
January 7, 2022Gains for Black workers were behind those registered for white workers.
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Labor
Unions say key now is the fight to pass voting rights bills
January 7, 2022Labor leaders mark Jan. 6 anniversary with a call to push for passage of the voting rights bill in the Senate.
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U.S.
People marching coast to coast to defend democracy in America
January 6, 2022The anniversary of the Jan. 6 attacks features a people determined to win Senate passage of the Freedom to Vote Act.
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Labor
Chicago schools lock out teachers after union votes for distance learning
January 5, 2022“The educators of this city want to be in their classrooms with their students. Regrettably, the Mayor and her CPS leadership have put the safety of our students and their educators in jeopardy.”
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Labor
Nurses to feds: Put people before profits in COVID fight
January 4, 2022The nation’s largest nurses’ union, National Nurses United, wants the CDC to hold the line on loosening worker and consumer safety regulations.
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U.S.
Bernie to Biden: Dump DeJoy before he harms anti-virus fight
January 4, 2022Sen. Sanders warns that DeJoy mail slow-downs threaten the health of the nation.
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