Mark Gruenberg
LATEST ARTICLES BY Mark Gruenberg
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Poor People’s Campaign takes voting rights drive to state capitals
March 16, 2021Raising the minimum wage, ending poverty, defunding war, and saving the planet all depend upon stopping GOP vote suppression.
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Biden’s economic rescue plan advances, but minimum wage hike more uncertain
February 26, 2021Bernie Sanders is planning an end-run around Senate parliamentarian's ruling blocking the $15 minimum wage.
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Overcoming company hurdles, 6,000 Amazon workers start union recognition vote
February 16, 2021If workers here go union, it will mark a double breakthrough for organized labor in two notoriously hostile environments: Amazon and Alabama.
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Impeachment: 57-43 Senate majority—but not enough—votes to convict Trump
February 13, 2021Many of the 43 voting for acquittal were as guilty of the insurrection as the former president himself.
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Panel to Congress: Transportation workers at higher risk of coronavirus
February 12, 2021Risk for bus drivers could be five times that of the risk for the general population.
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Congressional prosecutors: Trump’s, insurrectionists’ words prove he incited Capitol invasion
February 12, 2021They issue chilling forecasts of what will happen if the senators fail to convict the former president.
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Some children to return to Chicago classrooms next week
February 12, 2021By a 2 to 1 vote, Chicago Teachers Union members approve a re-opening plan.
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BLS: Pandemic’s job hit continues, as new aid claims rise 14.55%
February 11, 2021Rising joblessness underscores the need for passage of the massive rescue package proposed by Biden.
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