Mark Gruenberg
LATEST ARTICLES BY Mark Gruenberg
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News
Raise the Wage Act would hike salaries for 40 million
February 5, 2019Backed by a wide range of unions and women’s groups, veteran lawmakers, Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., and Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., have reintroduced the Paycheck Fairness Act -- a measure designed to put enforcement “teeth” into...
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Books
Interested in Chicago, politics, or Obama? Read ‘Conversations with Abner Mikva’
February 5, 2019
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Labor
New Jersey hikes state minimum wage to $15 by 2024
February 1, 2019Democratic Gov. Philip Murphy signed, legislation increasing the state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2024.
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Politics
Dreamers tell Congress: No dollars for deportation
January 31, 2019"Congress should assure the American people the government is open for good and should pass legislation to permanently protect immigrants with citizenship."
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Labor
Trump-named Labor Board boosts ‘independent contractor’ dodge
January 30, 2019This is bad news for millions of workers, union and non-union.
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Labor
Sprint-T-Mobile merger an attack on people of color and the poor
January 30, 2019Imagine you’re a teenager in Chicago’s South Shore neighborhood, doing your homework on your phone…and then you can’t, because your mobile phone carrier pulled out.
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U.S.
Air traffic controllers: Shutdown left U.S. aviation system near collapse
January 29, 2019Describing President Trump’s actions as tantamount to “terrorism,” they say lives were in danger and it’s not over yet.
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U.S.
Unionists, allies to keep pressure on after Trump lockout ends
January 28, 2019Organized labor is not resting on its laurels after the nation’s unions led the people power movement that beat down Trump’s partial federal government shutdown.
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