Mark Gruenberg
LATEST ARTICLES BY Mark Gruenberg
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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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Teachers on re-opening schools: “Not without protecting kids”
July 10, 2020When the issue comes down to reopening the nation’s schools as the coronavirus plague continues, GOP President Donald Trump says “yes,” but leaders of teachers unions say “no."
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Retired Steelworker leader Jones backs Biden but wishes it was Bernie
July 10, 2020Chuck Jones, the retired Steelworkers Local 1999 president who became famous for debunking then-President-elect Donald Trump’s lies about the Carrier plant closure outside Indianapolis almost four years ago, is going to vote for Joe Biden.
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House Labor-Health-Education bill could set off social issue uproars
July 10, 2020The measure doles out and increases funds for the departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and Education, especially money to battle the coronavirus pandemic.
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