Mark Gruenberg
LATEST ARTICLES BY Mark Gruenberg
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U.S.
Living wage lobbying: Restaurant workers bring business allies to D.C.
April 19, 2018The right-wing National Restaurant Association—“the other NRA”—is trying to preserve low-pay status quo for restaurant workers.
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Labor
Arizona teachers ready to strike
April 19, 2018With a poor offer on the table that seeks to divide education workers, Arizona teachers are ready to hit the picket line.
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U.S.
Progressive Change conference sessions teach candidates how to run campaigns
April 16, 2018It takes more than a mound of money to win an election, as 450 progressive candidates learned in seminars sponsored by the Progressive Change Campaign Committee.
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U.S.
Thousands nationwide protest U.S. air strikes on Syria
April 16, 2018Demonstrators in D.C. and elsewhere not only said Trump didn’t prove his case, but that he wouldn’t even allow unbiased chemical weapons inspectors into Syria.
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News
Sanders rouses progressive candidates with call to fight party establishments
April 13, 2018One goal of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee conference is to build a nationwide group of progressive elected officials who know each other and can trade ideas within states and across state lines.
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Labor
Water contamination big issue in Michigan governor’s race
April 13, 2018A class-action lawsuit by state and attorneys for Flint’s schoolchildren is settled agreeing to universal screening of Flint students for lead poisoning, including in-depth blood testing. But many say this is still not enough.
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Politics
Women workers score a court victory for Equal Pay Day
April 11, 2018Fresno County schools hired Aileen Rizo, but, basing its decision on her prior pay, paid her a starting salary $13,000 below a man in an identical job. That’s illegal.
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U.S.
‘Woe unto those who legislate evil’: New Poor People’s Campaign launches
April 10, 2018Organizers plan weeks of peaceful civil disobedience.
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