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Press Associates Union News Service provides national coverage of news affecting workers, including activism, politics, economics, legislation in Congress and actions by the White House, federal agencies and the courts that affect working people. Mark Gruenberg is Editor in chief and owner of Press Associates Union News Service, Washington, D.C.

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Not waiting around: Progressive Caucus already working on next stimulus package
March 4, 2021 By PAI
“It is critical, now more than ever, that we keep the heat on,” Jayapal urged. Without it, she said, Democratic leaders could easily succumb to corporate pressure and dump key items.
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Biden inaction on Saudis’ Khashoggi assassination angers News Guild
March 3, 2021 By PAI
The Society for Professional Journalists was also unhappy, saying Biden wasn’t much better than Trump on the matter of Saudi Arabia, putting economic interests first.
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Senate Democrats pull $15 wage from rescue package; progressives target filibuster
March 2, 2021 By PAI
Sanders pledges minimum wage vote anyway; Warren says filibuster must be abolished.
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Biden declares support for Alabama Amazon workers’ union drive
March 1, 2021 By PAI
“Unions put power in the hands of workers...they lift up workers, both union and non-union, but especially Black and brown workers," the president declared.
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Petitions to oust Trump USPS board and postmaster DeJoy top 1.1M signatures
February 25, 2021 By PAI
DeJoy, whom Trump foisted on the board, has engaged in a wide range of destruction—including attempts to sabotage mail-in voting in 2020.
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Unions, Poor People’s Campaign press wage hike ahead of Congress vote
February 23, 2021 By PAI
One plant manager told a worker, "The minimum wage is our way of telling you that if we could pay you less, we would.”
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Impeachment manager Raskin’s last word on Trump: He’s ‘a traitor’
February 22, 2021 By PAI
“We proved, in the court of history, that one Donald John Trump, a corrupt liar and a traitor, had incited rebellion,” Raskin told the American Federation of Government Employees' legislative conference.
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Pandemic’s 1-2 punch: Unemployment up, life expectancy down
February 19, 2021 By PAI
Spotlighting the modern-day plague’s impact on people of color, the report showed life expectancy for Black Americans dropped by 2.7 years on average, higher than for any other group.
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