Mark Gruenberg
LATEST ARTICLES BY Mark Gruenberg
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Labor
CWA strongly backs reproductive choice
August 8, 2017By a show of hands and with – surprisingly – no dissent, CWA 76th convention delegates adopted a report strongly backing reproductive choice.
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Labor
After losing union vote Nissan workers determined to continue the fight
August 7, 2017“It ain’t over yet,” local union leader Morris Mock said to a crowd of workers after the vote. “We are going to fight a little harder next time because we never give up.”
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Politics
Trump draining the swamp: Another promise broken
August 3, 2017Trump's appointees are part of a pattern of NOT draining the swamp, but rather, hiring alligators from it to infest the government.
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Labor
Weingarten to join pro-ACA health care bus tour
August 1, 2017“The bus will carry progressive leaders from many groups to speak out at each stop against the GOP health care plans."
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Politics
Hirono, battling kidney cancer, also battled GOP health care bill
August 1, 2017"I find it hard to believe we can sit here and vote on a bill that is going to hurt millions and millions of people in our country. We are better than that."
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U.S.
AFL-CIO Executive Council backs Medicare for All
July 31, 2017Endorsement of single-payer government-run health care marked a new phase in labor’s crusade to reform the U.S. health care system.
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Politics
Sanctuary cities, Justice Department in big confrontation
July 27, 2017The nation's "sanctuary cities," plus the states of California and Connecticut, are in a big confrontation with the GOP Trump administration's Justice Department over the fate of the 11 million undocumented people in the U.S.
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Politics
Top LGBTQ groups blast Trump’s day of anti-LGBTQ attacks
July 27, 2017Jerame Davis from Pride@Work, labor's LGBTQ organization, called Trump’s anti-trans tweets “bigotry masquerading as military strategy.”
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