Mark Gruenberg
LATEST ARTICLES BY Mark Gruenberg
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U.S.
House to vote on denouncing Trump’s racist tweets
July 16, 2019Trump's tweets represent how scared he and his class are of exploited people—especially women and people of color—who oppose their agenda.
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Politics
House opposes Trump’s Iran war threat, repeals Bush ‘war on terror’ authorization
July 16, 2019The Supreme Court has made it clear that when Congress limits funding for a war, Congress' power, not the executive power, is at its peak.
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Politics
‘Lights for Liberty’ protests deliver message: Close the migrant concentration camps
July 15, 2019The message from one D.C. protester: “Deport the GOP and Trump. Vote them out."
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Labor
Amazon Prime Day Strike: Workers say no to overwork and discrimination
July 15, 2019The company may rake in $6.1 billion in sales during the event, which means long hours and no breaks for warehouse workers.
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News
Labor Secretary Acosta toppled by Epstein sexual predator scandal
July 12, 2019Under attack from across the political spectrum for his prior lenient plea bargain deal with serial sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein, embattled Trump Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta resigned on July 12.
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Labor
Amazon forces Shakopee, Minn., warehouse workers to walk out again
July 12, 2019The 1,500 workers, one-third of them migrants and refugees from Somalia and other nations of East Africa, plan to peacefully walk off the job for six hours on July 15.
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U.S.
17-year-old’s death from excessive heat may lead to law protecting workers
July 11, 2019Heat killed 783 farm workers alone from 2002-2016, and injured 69,374 more.
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Politics
At hearing packed with workers, House panel OKs multi-employer pensions rescue bill
July 11, 2019It got through committee, but workers “have to walk the halls” to ensure it passes Congress.
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