Mark Gruenberg
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News
CPUSA labor group praises workers for shutting down the shutdown
February 6, 2019Communist Party Chair John Bachtell says the mass movement that defeated GOP President Donald Trump’s lockout/shutdown of parts of the federal government – ending the saga of leaving 800,000 workers unpaid for 35 days – was...
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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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Culture
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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