Mark Gruenberg
LATEST ARTICLES BY Mark Gruenberg
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U.S.
As Republicans resist, labor tackles comprehensive immigration reform
June 8, 2018While Republicans wheel and deal in secret with most of them trying to sabotage immigration reform, the labor movement is tackling the issue out in the open.
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Politics
GOP tax law weakens Social Security and Medicare
June 7, 2018“Sixty-six percent of voters are more likely to back candidates who support expanding and increasing Social Security benefits, compared to only 18 percent who are less likely.”
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Labor
Election results: Mixed results for progressives, confusion in California
June 6, 2018The slew of primary elections on June 5 produced mixed results for progressives, and cases of confusion in the mega-state of California.
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Labor
Second federal workers union, NTEU, sues Trump over executive orders
June 5, 2018“The idea these executive orders will make the workforce more efficient, cost-effective to taxpayers and improve the morale of federal employees is absurd."
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U.S.
Weingarten, Domestic Workers Alliance protest Trump policy ripping families apart
June 5, 2018“The policies of @realDonaldTrump's administration — conducted in our names — are inhumane and unacceptable."
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Labor
Pride at Work: Despite SCOTUS, laws still protect LGBTQ people
June 4, 2018"The fact remains that LGBTQ people face alarming levels of discrimination all across the country and HRC’s efforts to advance equality are as urgent as ever."
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Politics
Trump: ‘I can pardon myself in Mueller probe’
June 4, 2018In yet another head-spinning development, Trump is now tweeting he can pardon himself, but won’t because – he says – he’s done nothing wrong.
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U.S.
Barber: The rejected ‘are the cornerstones who can rebuild America’
June 4, 2018The New Poor People’s Campaign is putting the fights against poverty, racism and war on the front burner across the nation.
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