Mark Gruenberg
LATEST ARTICLES BY Mark Gruenberg
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Labor
Steelworkers organizer comes up with great anti-New NAFTA line
June 20, 2019“If ya can’t enforce it, why are ya gonna pass it?” she asks
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Labor
Democratic money bill halts Trump rollback of OSHA beryllium rule
June 19, 2019The bill, with spending for the Departments of Labor, Education, Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, Defense and other agencies, is what’s called “a minibus,” where six individual spending bills were combined.
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Politics
Democratic hopefuls roll out anti-poverty plans at Poor People’s Campaign
June 18, 2019Nine presidential candidates learn that 140 million Americans live at, near or below the official poverty line.
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U.S.
New Poor People’s Campaign demands redirecting military dollars to domestic needs
June 17, 2019The New Poor People’s Campaign opened its mass D.C. gathering with a detailed budget and domestic policy plan.
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Labor
Airline food service workers voting on strike authorization
June 14, 2019“The health coverage my job provides is frightening. I can’t afford to get sick."
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Politics
Trump’s latest Iran war threat ignites firestorm of opposition
June 14, 2019Lawmakers and peace groups cite lack of evidence for Pompeo claims that Iran attacked tankers.
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Labor
With nurses watching, lawmakers push OSHA on anti-workplace violence
June 13, 2019Such “terrible” assaults “are predictable and preventable,” she added. “It’s management’s role and responsibility to prevent this violence.”
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Politics
Invoking FDR, Sanders lays out his agenda for “democratic socialism”
June 13, 2019Quoting Roosevelt, Sanders said “The oligarchs are unanimous in their hate for me—and I welcome their hatred.”
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