Mark Gruenberg
LATEST ARTICLES BY Mark Gruenberg
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Union anti-Trump rally focuses on his D.C. hotel construction site
July 8, 2016"Stop hate! Dump Trump!" "Hey, hey, ho, ho, Donald Trump has got to go!" were among the chants from demonstrators.
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Abner Mikva and the end of an era
July 7, 2016The judge and lawmaker passed away July 4 at the age of 90. He embodied a civility in politics that is sorely lacking today.
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Details of Dem draft platform reveal many strong pro-worker planks
July 6, 2016"Donald Trump may talk tough, but he has consistently outsourced his own products. American workers deserve better."
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Move to exempt minor-league ball players from minimum wage law
July 6, 2016Maybe it's time for the minor league players to unionize, too.
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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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