Mark Gruenberg
LATEST ARTICLES BY Mark Gruenberg
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Labor
FBI raids UAW president as workers authorize strikes against Detroit 3
August 29, 2019Some say Trump administration timed the action to weaken union’s hand in upcoming talks with the Detroit 3.
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Environment
As hurricane approaches Puerto Rico, Trump transfers funding to border cages
August 28, 2019President takes $271 million from Coast Guard and FEMA and gives it to ICE to build more prison camps for immigrants.
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Labor
CWA: 20,000 forced to strike due to AT&T refusal to bargain
August 27, 2019AT&T management’s labor law-breaking forced 20,000 Communications Workers members toiling for AT&T Southeast to strike at midnight on August 23.
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Politics
UE endorses Sanders, citing his support for workers
August 27, 2019Their decision at the convention in Pittsburgh makes the 35,000-member UE, one of the nation’s most-outspoken progressive unions, the second union to issue a presidential endorsement this year.
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Labor
NLRB regional director to press charges against Boeing in S.C.
August 26, 2019The illegal retaliation grows out of IAMAW’s recent success in organizing the 176 flight line inspectors and technicians at the plant. They voted 104-65 in May 2018 to join the Machinists.
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Environment
Climate change, Amazon fires come to France with G7 protests
August 23, 2019Trump’s pal, Brazilian President Bolsonaro, also denies climate change and says environmentalists are to blame for many of the 72,000 plus fires burning so far.
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Labor
Sanders and SEIU’s Mary Kay Henry announce plans to revive unions
August 23, 2019Sanders: “The war against workers will come to an end when I am president.”
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U.S.
Students leading anti-gun crusade roll out comprehensive plan
August 22, 2019The students who lead the nation’s anti-gun violence crusade rolled out a comprehensive plan to cut the gun carnage.
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