Mark Gruenberg
LATEST ARTICLES BY Mark Gruenberg
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Working Families Party endorses Clinton
August 18, 2016The next four years could be a huge opportunity to win a fair shake for working families. But that won't happen if Trump is president.
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Clinton reiterates her opposition to TPP, pledges support for infrastructure
August 12, 2016Democratic nominee says as president she will "stop any trade deal that kills jobs or holds down wages, including the Trans-Pacific Partnership."
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The Powell Memo and the war on workers
August 12, 2016In 1971, Lewis Powell, well-connected conservative corporate lawyer, wrote a document that has changed our lives for 45 years.
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Survey: 36 percent of U.S. “financially desperate” or barely getting by
August 10, 2016The study by the world's top global union federation, adds that the proportion is higher among women, people aged 16-24 and those with less education.
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Unionists, protesters, fact-checkers, economists pan Trump economics address
August 9, 2016"How are we supposed to raise our families without good jobs? Is that what you call 'winning'?"
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Trump’s VP pick Mike Pence addresses right-wing lobby ALEC
August 8, 2016Indiana's governor, Trump's Republican running mate, addressed - and hailed - ALEC, disregarding worker protests out front of the secretive right-wing cabal's meeting.
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New Jersey public pensions battle goes down to the wire
August 5, 2016The pension battle began several years ago when Christie claimed the state not only wouldn't pay its part of the pensions, but couldn't afford to do so.
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OSHA hits poultry producer Pilgrim’s Pride, UFCW calls “medical malfeasance”
August 5, 2016Pilgrim's Pride "did not furnish a place of employment free from the recognized hazards likely to cause or serious physical harm" to workers.
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