Mark Gruenberg
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Politics
Lawmakers slam Trump rules curbing paid sick leave
April 7, 2020New Trump administration emergency rules for paid sick and family leave for workers impacted by the coronavirus pandemic have so many restrictions and loopholes that the two top congressional sponsors of the measure sent an angry...
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World
Left members of the European Parliament outline pandemic recovery plan
April 7, 2020“The voice of the trade unions must be heard because they represent workers during and after this crisis. This includes collective bargaining and the right to industrial action."
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Politics
Sanders: Next relief bill must pay everyone $2,000 per month
April 6, 2020Senator demands that universal healthcare be instituted by extending improved Medicare to every person in the country.
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Labor
Federal union sues for hazardous duty pay for exposed workers
April 6, 2020On March 28, Patrick Jones, aged 49, died of the coronavirus in the federal prison in Oakdale, La. He was the first federal inmate to perish from it.
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Labor
News Guild, journalists’ union, sets out to save newspapers
April 3, 2020Emphasizing their role in getting reliable information out to the public, the News Guild is setting out to save endangered newspapers across the country.
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Labor
Rail workers blast Trump use of coronavirus to trash safety rules, inspections
April 3, 2020“We cannot sit back and let the carriers and the government make us pay the price for their criminal lack of foresight."
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Labor
New jobless claims skyrocket to 6.648 million, double last week
April 2, 2020Welcome to the rerun of the Great Recession, if not the Great Depression, thanks to the coronavirus pandemic and its spread through the U.S.
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U.S.
Trump regime’s threat to suspend Constitution draws flak
April 2, 2020“This disease will test our democracy. But it doesn’t have to undermine it.”
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