Mark Gruenberg
LATEST ARTICLES BY Mark Gruenberg
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Labor
Recent court rulings provide mostly positive results for workers – so far
January 4, 2019The load, as usual, fell on the federal appeals courts during the last six months of 2018, with mostly positive results for workers so far, a review of rulings shows.
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Labor
Big federal workers union sues Trump to end shutdown
January 3, 2019“Our members put their lives on the line to keep our country safe. Requiring them to work without pay is nothing short of inhumane."
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Politics
New Congress must stop pain Trump is inflicting on the people
January 3, 2019Trumka demands that Senate act on House-approved measure to end shutdown because people who live paycheck to paycheck can't pay bills or put food on their tables.
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Opinion
Goodbye and good riddance to the 115th Congress
January 2, 2019The things this Congress approved were so bad that workers were often better off when it didn’t do anything at all.
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News
Workers scramble to pay bills as Trump shutdown drags on
December 27, 2018One union leader says, “If the president wants to gamble, perhaps he should go back to running casinos. Gambling with the lives of federal workers is not acceptable."
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Labor
Labor 2018 in review: From classroom to courtroom to voting booth
December 21, 2018Activism in the streets, big loss at the High Court, and a successful conclusion to the 2018 election dominated headlines for workers this year.
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Politics
Trump’s holiday ‘gift’ to the needy: No more Medicaid or food stamps
December 21, 2018Ebenezer Scrooge has met his match in Donald Trump.
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News
Unions, civil rights group pan Trump “school safety” commission’s recommendations
December 20, 2018One DeVos recommendation—restoring discrimination in discipline of “problem” students—is thinly veiled racism against young African Americans, says AFT President Randi Weingarten.
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