Mark Gruenberg
LATEST ARTICLES BY Mark Gruenberg
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Pandemic profits: Analysis shows the ultra-rich got ultra-richer as coronavirus hit
May 5, 2020Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos' net worth grew by $12 billion from mid-March to April 10 alone—while 20 million U.S. workers lost their jobs in those same weeks.
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GOP Senate to hold stimulus hostage; demands coronavirus lawsuit immunity for bosses
May 5, 2020A wide range of groups, including the AFL-CIO, have formed a “COVID Coalition” to oppose McConnell's push to let business off the hook.
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30 million jobs lost so far, but many workers can’t access unemployment benefits
May 4, 2020The Economic Policy Institute says the real number is even higher.
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Postal Workers’ Dimondstein: USPS collapse would disenfranchise tens of millions
April 30, 2020Voting by mail is a longtime cause of both the nation’s postal unions, but it’s even more urgent in the time of a coronavirus pandemic.
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May Day strike at Amazon, Walmart, FedEx, Target, Instacart, Whole Foods!
April 30, 2020An unprecedented coalition of essential workers fights for life in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, walking off the job from coast to coast in the largest U.S. job action in decades.
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Tenants of big landlords striking nationwide on May Day
April 30, 2020The landlords being targeted are the big hedge funds realty firms that own or fund tens of thousands of units nationwide – and that so far seem to have turned a deaf ear to their tenants’...
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Trump orders workers back into dangerous meat plants
April 29, 2020A president who refused to invoke Defense Production Act to provide protective gear for health workers uses that act to endanger both meat plant workers and the communities that surround their plants.
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Democratic leaders line up behind Biden; Sanders criticizes N.Y. primary cancellation
April 29, 2020"While I have not always agreed with Biden on matters of policy, I am ready to work with him to craft and then implement the most progressive agenda of any candidate in history," Jayapal said.
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