Mark Gruenberg
LATEST ARTICLES BY Mark Gruenberg
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Under pressure from Squad, Biden finally comes out for Gaza ceasefire
May 20, 2021In his fourth call to Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, he is said to back a ceasefire.
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Wage theft enforcement against corporate thieves on the rise
May 20, 2021Wage theft, especially from low-wage workers of color, is much more pervasive than people realize—and, increasingly, local District Attorneys and state Attorneys General are stepping up enforcement.
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Thousands of McDonald’s workers forced to stage 1-day strike today for $15/hr
May 19, 2021McDonald’s workers and their supporters strike and rally in at least 15 U.S. cities.
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AFL-CIO calls for union training in community relations for cops
May 19, 2021Major labor report says the community must be brought in if we are to end things like the North Carolina DA's exoneration of cops armed to the teeth who killed unarmed Andrew Brown Jr.
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News Guild protests takeovers by Alden hedge fund—‘the destroyer of newspapers’
May 19, 2021Thousands tell the Tribune Company that Alden’s aims are to rip off and rip up local papers.
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Nurses at Maine’s biggest hospital complex unionize
May 18, 2021Management, it appears, wants to drag its feet on talking with the union.
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Palestinian workers in Israel, West Bank launch general strike
May 18, 2021Palestinians stop work and shut down the economy as a condemnation of Israeli aggression spreads globally.
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AFL-CIO’s VP Tefere Gebre: Filibuster slams workers, refugees, people of color
May 17, 2021“Progressives assume Republicans…will play by the rules…Instead, they slap you down.”
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