Mark Gruenberg
LATEST ARTICLES BY Mark Gruenberg
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NEA launches lobbying for $175 billion to aid schools
August 5, 2020And they’re also making the point the issue is in the hands of lawmakers, particularly senators’ hands. That’s because GOP President Donald Trump doesn’t give a damn.
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Threat of strike forces Chicago to cancel school re-opening plan
August 5, 2020Nation's third largest school district announced that to protect against coronavirus it will reopen with remote learning only.
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Nurses to hit the streets, again, for protective coronavirus gear
August 4, 2020The demonstrations will be at 200 hospitals, half of them inside and half outside, from coast to coast.
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Two more NLRB rulings curb worker rights
August 4, 2020The two recent rulings are part of a continuing pattern by the Trump-named NLRB members, led by chairman John Ring, who made a name for himself as a right-wing GOP congressional aide drafting mean and nasty...
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New Poor People’s Campaign to McConnell: Pass the Heroes Act
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L.A. approves workers’ councils to enforce coronavirus safety measures
August 3, 2020The Los Angeles County Federation of Labor called the councils “the first step in a bold new solution to stop the spread of COVID-19 and mitigate any new outbreaks.” COVID-19 is the official name for the...
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Transportation unions demand Trump’s DOT mandate masks
July 31, 2020The penalty if the patrons don’t: They get booted off the subway, bus, commuter rail car or plane, immediately.
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Historic freefall: Economy shrinks by 33 percent, 2M more jobless
July 30, 2020Without passage of the Heroes Act the unprecedented shrinking of the U.S. economy can get worse.
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