Mark Gruenberg
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Panelists suggest updates for nation’s basic minimum wage, overtime law
March 30, 2018The FLSA still has holes and needs some updating to include workers originally excluded because of race, panelists at a daylong seminar on the act said.
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Opposition mounts to Trump administration attempt to ‘rig the census’
March 28, 2018Opposition is mounting to what one critic calls a Trump administration attempt to “rig the census” by inserting a question demanding citizenship status that would make it likely minorities – especially those with Hispanic surnames –...
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One million declare “Never Again” in DC march for gun control
March 25, 2018Hundreds of thousands more cry out, "Enough is enough" in marches and rallies from coast to coast.
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Rail workers confront execs on safety
March 23, 2018“It’s time to call the big railroads to account, before more lives are lost, more water supplies are ruined and more rail workers are injured."
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Lawmakers try to restore due process rights for federal workers, whistleblowers
March 23, 2018“These federal employees, like others, should have the right to appeal their terminations to an independent body.”
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Money bill bans bosses from stealing workers’ tips
March 23, 2018In an apparent big win for low-income workers, the money bill for the federal government for the rest of this fiscal year bans bosses from stealing workers’ tips.
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Latest on Money Bill: No DACA deal, March 23 shutdown looms!
March 22, 2018Senate Dems were set to approve Trump's wall to keep Dreamers permanently here. Again, Trump said "no deal."
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Service sector women reveal sexual harassment on the job
March 22, 2018The #MeToo movement is moving on to the service sector. Because for servers, hospitality workers, flight attendants, and every working woman in America, Time’s Up.
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