Mark Gruenberg
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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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Workers ready to shut down entire Vegas strip
May 24, 2018“We don’t want to go on strike, but we will if we have to.”
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Unions and Dems unveil $50B teacher pay, school infrastructure bill
May 23, 2018Teachers “shouldn’t have to be Uber drivers or fast-food workers on weekends.”
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Senate on verge of passing further VA privatization
May 23, 2018Under the direction of the Koch brothers, Trump and GOP leaders want to privatize the VA health care system.
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Shuler: AFL-CIO to use hi exec pay as a campaign issue
May 22, 2018The AFL-CIO will use the high ratios of CEO pay to worker pay as part of its economic message in the 2018 political campaign.
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Report: Anti-worker Janus decision could cost unions 726K members
May 22, 2018The response to Janus will be critical to the long-run survival of the U.S. labor movement and the American middle class.
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