Mark Gruenberg
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Labor
Alabama Amazon workers get a second chance March 28 to unionize
January 13, 2022The NLRB, in setting the date to count a new round of votes, failed, however, to include in its notice steps that would prevent the company from repeating illegal intimidation of its workers.
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Politics
Chicago schools lockout: It ain’t over till it’s over
January 12, 2022Coronavirus testing problems and what to do in the event of further virus resurgence continue to concern teachers and families in the Windy City.
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U.S.
“Do you want to be on the side of Dr. King or George Wallace?”
January 12, 2022Declaring that all lawmakers in America must ask themselves that question, Biden calls for the elimination of the filibuster to pass voting rights bills in the Senate.
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Labor
Snooping supervisors lead to pending union vote at Arizona Starbucks
January 11, 2022Abuse of workers by spying on them, forcing them to hear anti-union propaganda, and denying visits to sick family members are key reasons they want a union.
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Labor
Miners press Manchin to choose between them and the coal bosses
January 11, 2022The pressure on him to back Build Back Better, coming from the United Mine Workers of America in West Virginia, may be the one thing that can get the recalcitrant senator to budge.
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Opinion
GOP-named Supreme Court majority cements its role as a pro-corporate fiefdom
January 10, 2022Its likely attack on federal protection of workers exposed to coronavirus recalls the anti-New Deal role the Court played in the 1930s.
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Labor
Jobless rate ends 2021 at 3.9%; EPI: Job leavers took better work
January 7, 2022Gains for Black workers were behind those registered for white workers.
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Labor
Unions say key now is the fight to pass voting rights bills
January 7, 2022Labor leaders mark Jan. 6 anniversary with a call to push for passage of the voting rights bill in the Senate.
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