Mark Gruenberg
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Labor
Labor Secretary Acosta says Trump administration opposes raising minimum wage
May 2, 2019Rep. Frederica Wilson of Florida told Acosta, "It's difficult for me to believe you would put workers first."
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Politics
Top female organizers/activists create ‘Supermajority’ group
May 2, 2019"Consistently, we’re still treated as a special interest group...Our voices aren’t breaking through."
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Politics
While Congress hears about Medicare-for-All Barr targets the ACA
May 2, 2019After refusing to appear before Congress the Attorney General has the Justice Department go to court to kill healthcare for millions.
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News
At AFL-CIO headquarters, Brazilian unionists describe dire human rights situation there
April 30, 2019“In economics, this government is the most-extreme form of neo-liberalism and in human rights, it wants a return to the Middle Ages,” said Antonio do Lisboa.
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Labor
AFL-CIO: Trump job safety rollbacks endanger workers’ lives
April 26, 2019Zachary Hess died on the job. And the AFL-CIO is warning there could be more Zachary Hesses, thanks to Donald Trump.
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Labor
Amazon and McDonald’s top ‘Dirty Dozen’ list of dangerous firms
April 25, 2019Two of the nation’s largest, most-powerful and most-well-known corporations are among the “Dirty Dozen” firms on the latest list of job safety and health lawbreakers.
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U.S.
Wide community support gives 31,000 Stop & Shop workers a big win
April 24, 2019Stop & Shop lost 75% of its business during the strike it forced.
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Labor
Trumka: Democratic House ‘has stood on the side of workers’
April 24, 2019The new Democratic-run U.S. House “has stood on the side of workers” on many issues, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka says.
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