Mark Gruenberg
LATEST ARTICLES BY Mark Gruenberg
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Labor
Transit union leaders: Trump govt. and many systems ignoring danger to workers
April 17, 2020The situation is so bad at the privatized for-profit Hudson-Bergen Light Rail System in Jersey City that workers are ready to walk.
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Politics
Pelosi: Trump inaction on pandemic produced “unnecessary deaths and economic disaster”
April 16, 2020The future will be healthy and prosperous “only if we no longer tolerate lies and deceit."
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U.S.
Unemployment claims rise to 22 million; women workers hit hardest
April 16, 2020While women make up half of the private sector workforce, they filed 59% of the jobless claims—and that proportion may be low.
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Politics
Sanders-sponsored forum advocates new worker-centered economy after COVID-19
April 16, 2020Thanks to the calamity caused by the coronavirus, people now understand they’re getting the crumbs—and that they have the power to change that.
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U.S.
Obama, Sanders, and Warren back Biden: ‘Lives and democracy at stake’
April 15, 2020They warn that Trump re-election would endanger lives and threaten democracy as it does irreparable harm to the livelihoods of U.S. workers.
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U.S.
Trump Treasury tells banks they can seize your $1,200 check
April 15, 2020Got plans for that $1,200 federal check you’re going to get from the $2.2 trillion economic stimulus law? Think again.
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Labor
Progressive lawmakers say pandemic underlines need for Workers’ Bill of Rights
April 14, 2020“We must invest billions, not millions in our workers and workforce system."
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Opinion
Workers are essential, bosses are not
April 14, 2020Who's essential, and who isn't?
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