Mark Gruenberg
LATEST ARTICLES BY Mark Gruenberg
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GOP pushes through law allowing auto loan discrimination
May 30, 2018You’ve heard the phrase “driving while black.” Well, welcome to “getting an auto loan while black.” Or not.
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McDonald’s workers slam firm for sexual harassment, low pay
May 30, 2018Imagine getting groped and fondled on the job, twice in one month, by two different male co-workers – and your supervisors turn a deaf ear.
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Democracy be damned: Trump orders cancellation of union contracts
May 30, 2018“Instead of trying to erode rights, the administration should focus on the abuses of Cabinet officials buying $31,000 dining sets and $43,000 soundproof booths."
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Nebraska’s insurgent Eastman: Won because “we were new and fresh”
May 29, 2018"The problem is the outsized influence of moneyed interests over what the people and the voters want.”
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Shuler: Labor leaders on coasts didn’t respond to problems in the heartland
May 25, 2018"Folks in the middle of the country are not in alignment with the leadership. How to solve that has to be central to our conversation."
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Ellison slams Trump scheme to resurrect child labor
May 25, 2018Teenagers in coal mines. Kids driving forklifts. 17-year-olds operating dangerous machinery. It all could be possible under a new Trump plan.
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Panel: Dems lost union voters over trade and jobs issues
May 24, 2018Trade was a key reason behind union members abandoning the Democrats, Shuler said.
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Trade, worker rights, retirement security top lobbying topics for Steelworkers
May 24, 2018The GOP Trump administration and the U.S. Supreme Court topped Steelworkers’ lobbying topics at their legislative conference in D.C. this week.
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