Mark Gruenberg
LATEST ARTICLES BY Mark Gruenberg
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In 2012 they sparked a movement; Chicago teachers may strike again
October 4, 2019Poverty wages, classrooms with 35 kids or more, too few librarians, and no progress at the bargaining table.
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America’s nurses call for the impeachment of the President
October 3, 2019The people who help keep us healthy say the nation’s health requires getting rid of Trump.
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Nurses’ Medicare For All campaign picks up key lawmakers
October 3, 2019National Nurses United’s long-running campaign to garner congressional support for Medicare For All has won several key lawmakers to the cause.
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EPI: Trump’s Labor Department overtime pay cap ‘abandoned’ millions
October 2, 2019The GOP Trump Labor Department’s increase in the annual pay cap beyond which workers could be ineligible for overtime “abandoned” millions of workers.
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In high-tech breakthrough, workers at Google contractor vote to join union
October 1, 2019This marked the first time contract tech workers have unionized in the United States in an industry that is almost entirely non-union.
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Contract agreement is music to the ears of Baltimore Symphony Orchestra musicians
September 30, 2019Ending a months-long lockout by their bosses, the musicians of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and the BSO management agreed on a one-year contract.
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Trump bans Raul Castro and his children from coming to U.S.
September 27, 2019The move may be largely for Trump’s political purposes— to bolster his re-election effort and distract from the impeachment inquiry engulfing his administration.
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Teachers, Service Employees become first unions to back Trump impeachment probe
September 26, 2019Other unions are silent, so far. That’s part of a historical pattern: They were also silent on the Nixon and Clinton impeachments.
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