Mark Gruenberg
LATEST ARTICLES BY Mark Gruenberg
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House to pass $15 minimum wage; studies debunk GOP job loss claims
July 9, 2019Research from the Economic Policy Institute suggests that Republican claims of 3.7 million lost jobs due to a rise in the minimum wage are nonsense.
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2018 election win pays off: Illinois passes “barrage” of pro-worker bills
July 8, 2019The legislature enacted a $45 billion infrastructure plan, banned local “right to work” laws, and approved a plethora of other pro-worker measures.
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Everyone counts: Trump’s census “citizenship question” is dead
July 3, 2019The citizenship census question was an attempt to undercount Latinos and boost Republican election totals.
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Tanks, but no tanks: Trump’s July 4 war machine showcase draws flak
July 3, 2019It's not just progressive orgs, the D.C. City Council and the Dept. of Defense are saying no to Trump's tank parade.
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Unions and workers get little attention in Democratic debates
July 2, 2019Twenty candidates and 41,800 words spoken. But among the words barely uttered: union, worker, labor, or employee.
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Senate fails to get 60 votes to stop war on Iran
July 1, 2019By a 50-40 margin, precisely half of the U.S. Senate voted to prevent bellicose saber-rattling Trump from going to war on Iran without congressional approval.
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Trump is replacing federal workers with non-union temps
July 1, 2019Since the day he entered the Oval Office, real estate mogul Donald Trump has waged war on the two million people who work for the federal government every day.
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Racial justice, health care, attacks on Trump mark the second debate
June 28, 2019Making the economy work for the poor and the working class—not just the rich—dominated discussion.
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