Mark Gruenberg
LATEST ARTICLES BY Mark Gruenberg
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Senate votes to slash minimum wage for youth in Puerto Rico
July 5, 2016"Over the last five years alone, more than 150 public schools have been shut down and the childhood poverty rate in Puerto Rico is now 58 percent."
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Democratic Party platform panel waffles on trade and health care
June 30, 2016Michael Smith had a message for the Democratic Party - stand up for workers who have lost jobs to so-called "free trade" pacts.
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AFGE’s members plan 38 anti-privatization rallies coast to coast to boost VA
June 24, 2016AFGE delegates vowed to fight for the agency: Serving the nation's veterans is "a sacred promise, a promise that will never be violated."
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The struggle for LGBTQ workers’ rights continues
June 22, 2016Pride at Work co-founder Nancy Wohlforth recalls how gay bartenders dumped bottles of Coors beer into the sewers; decades later, have things changed?
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GOP House Speaker Ryan plan would trash labor, consumer regulations
June 15, 2016Ryan's 57-page document is part of a Republican agenda he's putting forward as a platform before the GOP National Convention.
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Elizabeth Warren: Some on Wall Street should be in handcuffs
June 15, 2016Stiff fines of millions of dollars will not change the financial fraud that produced the Great Recession, Senator Elizabeth Warren said.
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Consumers League warns teens about summer jobs that can kill
June 10, 2016"Always follow safety training. Working safely and carefully may slow you down, but ignoring safe work procedures is a fast track to injury."
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Biden: Trump a threat to Constitution, judiciary and nation
June 10, 2016"This kind of conduct is pernicious and oppressive. One legal commentator says it smacks of authoritarianism and tyranny. I agree."
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