Mark Gruenberg
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Joint Employer bill: Republicans say nobody’s responsible for wage theft
November 9, 2017The so-called “Save Local Business Act” says that a franchisor is not responsible for labor law-breaking by its franchise-holder, even when the parent firm controls virtually everything at the local outlet.
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Election Day 2017: Progressives rack up wins from coast to coast
November 8, 2017The wave of activism that has produced mass marches and protests against Trump-GOP schemes led to a massive influx of new progressive Democratic candidates, mostly female.
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Top union leader says hitting the streets will save democracy
November 8, 2017NEA Vice President Becky Pringle, is challenging the nation’s progressives to hit the streets for democracy. She opened her address to Common Cause’s Blueprint for a Great Democracy conference by quoting Dr. Martin Luther King Jr....
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Labor ramps up campaign against Trump tax cut for the rich
November 8, 2017Led by the AFL-CIO, more unions are speaking out against the Republicans’ tax cut for the rich, saying the middle class – and union members – will wind up footing the bill.
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Trump tax cuts for the rich draw more fire from workers
November 3, 2017"If you buy my tax plan, I have a bridge I can sell you too." - House leader Ryan trying to make a tough sell!
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Dem leaders unveil pro-workers’ rights agenda, to union praise
November 2, 2017The agenda is part of the Democrats “Better Deal,” which they intend to tout on the campaign trail next year.
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Not one penny for billionaires, says coalition against GOP tax cuts
November 2, 2017Eighty percent of the tax cuts in the Republican plan would go to the richest 1 percent of the country.
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International trade unionists hunt solutions for downsides of “free trade”
November 1, 2017“Free trade has been accompanied by economic and social chaos,” says Noureddine Taboubi, a union leader from Tunisia.
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