Mark Gruenberg
LATEST ARTICLES BY Mark Gruenberg
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Labor
Sen. Sherrod Brown: White House “chaos” may sink new NAFTA
November 15, 2017Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, made that prediction in a November 14 conference call with thousands of Communications Workers leaders and activists nationwide.
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Environment
Continuing the battle: Berta Cáceres’ daughter to return to Honduras
November 15, 2017“We have to fight,” Berta Zúniga Cáceres says, “else others will slay people with impunity.”
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News
Rep. John Lewis: “Past few months have been hell on wheels”
November 15, 2017Civil rights icon calls for confronting racism “in our hearts and in our nation.”
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Politics
Sexual harassment hits Congress; Rep. Holmes Norton moves to extend protections
November 14, 2017The spreading revelations of sexual harassment on the job have hit Capitol Hill, as lawmakers and aides step forward with revelations.
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Politics
The Russian Revolution, American repression…and an invasion, too
November 14, 2017Welcome to the confluence of the Russian Revolution and repression in the U.S.
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Labor
Republicans put union-busting lawyer in charge of enforcing labor law
November 10, 2017As a young federal lawyer, Peter Robb drafted the memo showing GOP President Ronald Reagan how to fire the nation’s Air Traffic Controllers, effectively smashing the PATCO union.
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Labor
Joint Employer bill: Republicans say nobody’s responsible for wage theft
November 9, 2017The so-called “Save Local Business Act” says that a franchisor is not responsible for labor law-breaking by its franchise-holder, even when the parent firm controls virtually everything at the local outlet.
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News
Election Day 2017: Progressives rack up wins from coast to coast
November 8, 2017The wave of activism that has produced mass marches and protests against Trump-GOP schemes led to a massive influx of new progressive Democratic candidates, mostly female.
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