Mark Gruenberg
LATEST ARTICLES BY Mark Gruenberg
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Labor
Corporate monopoly, other factors hamper workers economically
December 10, 2021Wages are stagnant for 40 years even though productivity has soared. True median income for the bottom 20 percent has actually dropped.
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Labor
Starbucks Workers United scores first-ever union win at big coffee chain
December 10, 2021With their voices heard literally around the world, Starbucks workers in Buffalo, against an avalanche of company harassment, vote for a union.
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Labor
AFGE gets legal win vs. ex-Pres. Trump’s Education Department
December 9, 2021Trump Education Secretary Betsy Devos was found guilty on 14 counts of breaking labor law.
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U.S.
AFT takes lead on push to increase state and local tax deduction
December 9, 2021Teachers push hard for the passage of Biden’s Build Back Better agenda.
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Labor
Kellogg’s workers reject proposed contract; company threatens ‘permanent replacements’
December 8, 2021The cereal giant forced workers to strike with its two-tier pay system and 80-hour workweeks.
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Labor
Postal Workers tell Congress to deliver postal reform before year’s end
December 7, 2021Republicans sabotaged the USPS with an expensive retirement funding requirement in 2006. HR3076 would reverse it and speed up service.
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U.S.
Jobless rate drops in November to 4.2 percent, other numbers mixed
December 6, 2021The number of people working is still below what it was in the last pre-pandemic month.
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U.S.
First Amazon, now Starbucks: Workers demanding unions at low-paying firms
December 3, 2021First it was and still is Amazon in Alabama, now Starbucks in Buffalo being organized by Workers United. A Service Employees sector.
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