Mark Gruenberg
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Tributes pour in for civil rights icon John Lewis
July 20, 2020“We want our freedom and we want it now,” the young John Lewis said at the Great Civil Rights March in 1963.
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To labor cheers, Virginia OKs emergency anti-coronavirus safety standard
July 17, 2020And if the firms don’t obey, they’ll get hit in the pocketbook. The maximum Virginia fine will be $130,000 and there are no restrictions—including no restrictions on who is covered.
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Biden: Clean energy ‘must provide an opportunity to join a union’
July 17, 2020“Democrats will empower and stand with workers and communities who have put their health and lives on the line and who have been impacted by the changing energy market."
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Meatpackers hit for discrimination against workers of color in virus protection
July 16, 2020The nation’s big meatpackers, notably Tyson Foods and JBS, are racially discriminating against their predominantly brown, Black, and Asian front-line labor force.
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Despite Trump’s happy talk, 2.4 million more claim jobless benefits
July 16, 2020Another 2,432,380 people filed for unemployment insurance benefits last week, the Labor Department reported.
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Labor launches video to get OSHA standards into coronavirus aid bill
July 15, 2020The National Council for Occupational Safety and Health launched a major drive, complete with a riveting video.
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Coronavirus surge worsens as Trump ignores the danger
July 14, 2020Infection records shattered nationwide as rising numbers of young people join the ranks of the many thousands of victims abandoned by the federal government.
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NEA President’s valedictory speech challenges teachers to take on Trump
July 13, 2020The elementary school teacher from Salt Lake City isn’t going quietly into the dark from her post as National Education Association president.
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