Mark Gruenberg
LATEST ARTICLES BY Mark Gruenberg
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Politics
Trump administration sides with payday lenders against consumers
January 18, 2018“Payday lenders are bottom feeders,” who prey on seniors, retirees, workers, and minorities, says Sally Greenberg of the National Consumers League.
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Labor
Labor union women commit to broadening fight against sexual harassment
January 17, 2018“Sexual harassment is an expression of power and we are committed to putting our collective power to fight for progress."
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U.S.
San Juan Mayor: Puerto Ricans powerless due to U.S. inaction
January 17, 2018"If we can carry Texas, the boy in the White House can go back to the s---hole he came from.”
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Labor
AFL-CIO unions gear up for major push in 2018 election cycle
January 16, 2018The determination of the nation’s labor movement to come out on the winning side of this year’s election battles was strongly reflected at discussions during last weekend’s AFL-CIO Martin Luther King conference.
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Labor
Immigration panel shows gaps in union members’ knowledge
January 16, 2018Many union members and leaders are unaware of the AFL-CIO’s strong policy for comprehensive immigration reform.
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Labor
Trumka: Key battle ahead is the 2018 elections
January 14, 2018In fixing the economy -- by sweeping anti-worker elected officials out of office -- workers and their allies will also counter the right wing’s attacks on public sector workers, many female (60 percent), minority or both.
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News
Rev. Barber rouses crowd at Labor’s Martin Luther King conference
January 14, 2018Plans underway for a new Poor Peoples Campaign in cities across America
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U.S.
Historians find parallels between Hitler’s Nazis and today’s “alt-right”
January 11, 2018A panel of historians says there are more parallels than people realize between the U.S. alt-right and the real Nazis—the ones led by Hitler from the 1920s to 1945.
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