Mark Gruenberg
LATEST ARTICLES BY Mark Gruenberg
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Labor
Back to work, or else: Trump administration tells states to pull unemployment benefits
May 15, 2020The Trump Labor Department is telling employers to report on workers who won't go back to unsafe workplaces - and telling states to yank their unemployment benefits.
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Labor
Transit union leaders, system heads seek further aid
May 14, 2020Transit union leaders and top transit managers seek $32 billion-$33 billion to keep the buses, subways, and commuter railroads going through the end of 2021.
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Politics
The Congressional Progressive Caucus wants guaranteed income in stimulus bill
May 14, 2020Led by Jayapal and Pocan, they want Pelosi’s bill to include guaranteed income and health care for all workers.
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Politics
Democrats’ $3 trillion stimulus includes hazard pay, PPE; Republicans say no
May 13, 2020If GOP leader Mitch McConnell blocks this one, the AFL-CIO's Richard Trumka said, “this could very well be his final term in the Senate.”
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Labor
COVID-19 deaths among nurses: U.S. 91, Canada 0. Why?
May 12, 2020Hundreds of nurses from both countries listen in on a call arranged by their union that lays the blame for the deaths in the U.S. at the feet of the health care system.
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Labor
Trumka proposes universal federal jobs payments
May 11, 2020Trumka proposed the federal government guarantee paid employment – by actually shelling out the money – for all workers.
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Politics
Class conflict rages in the fight over next stimulus bill
May 11, 2020Trump and the 1 percent seek billions more for big business while workers and their allies push for a bill that will strengthen economic and political democracy.
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U.S.
Unions, Dems resist GOP attempt to starve states and localities
May 8, 2020A big battle is shaping up, which affects not just two million workers and their families, but everyone else in the U.S.
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