Mark Gruenberg
LATEST ARTICLES BY Mark Gruenberg
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Labor
Trump trashes Trumka on Labor Day
September 4, 2018A tweeter replied to a Trump supporter, including the president in his comment: “People like you are the reason why unions had to be created in the first place.”
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Politics
Opposition to Kavanaugh sets off fireworks at Senate hearing
September 4, 2018More of the public opposes the Kavanaugh nomination than supports it, with women in particular overwhelmingly opposed.
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Labor
Pre-Labor Day victory: Judge tosses Trump anti-worker orders
August 31, 2018Federal worker unions cheered as U.S. District Judge Katangi Brown Jackson threw out almost all of the edicts in Trump’s anti-worker executive orders.
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Labor
Appeals courts, rather than SCOTUS, often determine workers’ fate
August 31, 2018Federal appeals courts have been doing the bidding for anti-worker President Trump.
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Politics
2018 Midterms: Stakes for labor couldn’t be higher
August 31, 2018With Trump's disapproval rate up to 60 percent this Labor Day weekend, labor and its allies are focusing laser-like on the November Midterm elections.
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U.S.
Labor History on Labor Day: Trump tries to kill OT
August 31, 2018It says something about Trump that his Labor Department has spent the 80th anniversary of the Fair Labor Standards Act trying to weaken it.
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Labor
Puerto Rico death toll figure comes as statehood support rises
August 30, 2018A statehood bill now has 54 supporters from both parties, including the chairman of the House committee that would handle it.
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Politics
Progressive Andrew Gillum the victor in Florida Dem gov primary
August 29, 2018He becomes the third African American the Democrats will field for governorships this fall.
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