Mark Gruenberg
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Labor
Meatpackers sue OSHA demanding virus safety enforcement at Maid-Rite plant
July 24, 2020The workers said in their lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Harrisburg that even though OSHA has known about conditions at the plant since early April, it’s done nothing.
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News
House votes to toss statues of rebels from U.S. Capitol
July 24, 2020The Democratic-run U.S. House voted to eject statues of Confederate leaders, plus racist U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger Taney, from the U.S. Capitol, especially Statuary Hall.
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Labor
Whole Foods workers sue: Amazon fired us for supporting Black Lives Matter
July 24, 202014 workers are suing after being fired or driven off the job for wearing Black Lives Matter face masks and other apparel.
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Labor
New Orleans trash workers’ forced strike enters week 10
July 23, 2020“We don't have Metro's millions but we have our community behind us and most importantly: The truth.”
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U.S.
Nurses trash Trump secret police threat to U.S. cities
July 23, 2020“Without identification, there is no way to hold these officers accountable, and there is no way to know if they are really federal officers. We cannot allow an American secret police.”
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Labor
Some 2.3 million more seek jobless benefits; 52 million since March
July 23, 2020A combined 2,345,946 people filed for state or federal jobless benefits in the week ending July 18, the Labor Department reported.
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Labor
Bringing empty shoes to honor the dead, nurses descend on Capitol
July 22, 2020As pandemic worsens across America they lobby for protective gear and launch new push for unionizing more of their heroic colleagues.
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Labor
Florida teachers sue state to stop unsafe school reopening plan
July 21, 2020The suit arises against a background that sees right-wing Gov. DeSantis slavishly following Trump’s demand to reopen states and schools despite the coronavirus pandemic.
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