Mark Gruenberg
LATEST ARTICLES BY Mark Gruenberg
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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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House panel passes PRO Act, pro-worker labor law rewrite
September 26, 2019The measure would restore many of the freedoms and protections workers gained under the original National Labor Relations Act of 1935.
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Federal workers take campaign against Trump to Congress
September 25, 2019“You can’t say you love your country and you love workers and then attack unions.”
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Party-line Senate panel vote OKs Scalia for Labor Department
September 25, 2019Talk about greasing the skids for a Trumpite.
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