Mark Gruenberg
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News
Tenants of big landlords striking nationwide on May Day
April 30, 2020The landlords being targeted are the big hedge funds realty firms that own or fund tens of thousands of units nationwide – and that so far seem to have turned a deaf ear to their tenants’...
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U.S.
Trump orders workers back into dangerous meat plants
April 29, 2020A president who refused to invoke Defense Production Act to provide protective gear for health workers uses that act to endanger both meat plant workers and the communities that surround their plants.
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Politics
Democratic leaders line up behind Biden; Sanders criticizes N.Y. primary cancellation
April 29, 2020"While I have not always agreed with Biden on matters of policy, I am ready to work with him to craft and then implement the most progressive agenda of any candidate in history," Jayapal said.
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Labor
Workers Memorial Day: OSHA failing to protect people during pandemic
April 28, 2020Unions and their allies are moving to force the Trump administration to act to stop the continuing increase in coronavirus deaths on the job across America.
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Politics
As coronavirus still rages, debate over post-virus future heats up
April 28, 2020GOP seeks a future where their corporate sponsors rule supreme. Workers seek a future with fair wages, safety, and democracy on the job.
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News
The Dirty Dozen: List of worst coronavirus employers released to public
April 27, 2020The April 23 report preceded Workers Memorial Day, April 28, which this year has been stretched into an entire week, through May Day. Workers Memorial Day both honors workers killed on the job—5,250 in 2018, the...
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Labor
Brooklyn nurse: My patient wore a mask while I had none
April 27, 2020The workers and their unions, including AFT, National Nurses United, AFGE, the Machinists, the Office and Professional Employees and the Professional and Technical Engineers, are conducting a strong campaign for more PPE, particularly the N95 masks...
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U.S.
Illinois, Michigan governors hit Trump response to coronavirus pandemic
April 24, 2020Democratic Govs. J.B. Pritzker of Illinois and Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan have been targets of GOP President Donald Trump’s incendiary tweets.
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