Mark Gruenberg
LATEST ARTICLES BY Mark Gruenberg
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Labor
Kellogg’s workers reject proposed contract; company threatens ‘permanent replacements’
December 8, 2021The cereal giant forced workers to strike with its two-tier pay system and 80-hour workweeks.
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Labor
Postal Workers tell Congress to deliver postal reform before year’s end
December 7, 2021Republicans sabotaged the USPS with an expensive retirement funding requirement in 2006. HR3076 would reverse it and speed up service.
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U.S.
Jobless rate drops in November to 4.2 percent, other numbers mixed
December 6, 2021The number of people working is still below what it was in the last pre-pandemic month.
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U.S.
First Amazon, now Starbucks: Workers demanding unions at low-paying firms
December 3, 2021First it was and still is Amazon in Alabama, now Starbucks in Buffalo being organized by Workers United. A Service Employees sector.
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Politics
Government will stay open – for now
December 3, 2021Ted Cruz effort to expose more people to COVID by defunding Biden vaccine mandates in exchange for funding the government goes down to defeat.
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World
Nurses worldwide demand end to corporate curbs on coronavirus vaccines
December 2, 2021Big Pharma says “no." Rich countries including Switzerland, Singapore, Norway, and the European Union are going along with a form of vaccine apartheid. Nurses from around the world are taking action to fight for health care...
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Labor
Major League Baseball locked out workers – the players – again
December 2, 2021All of this tension led to another lockout. But this time, there is no Sonia Sotomayor to force the owners to play ball at the bargaining table. She’s too busy at the High Court.
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U.S.
Trump Supreme Court justices all but admit that they’ll kill women’s choice
December 2, 2021Pro-choice activists ring the Court, vowing to never give up the fight to preserve the constitutionally-protected right of women to an abortion.
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