Mark Gruenberg
LATEST ARTICLES BY Mark Gruenberg
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Miners’ union president Cecil Roberts talks climate change, pensions, and more in D.C.
September 5, 2019Some politicians wish miners would just disappear.
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UN: ‘Both sides responsible’ for war crimes in Yemen
September 4, 2019UN panel demands outsiders - the United States, Britain, France, and Iran - stop supplying arms to the warring sides.
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Attorneys general, pro-worker group head to court vs Trump’s anti-migrant schemes
September 3, 2019One Guatemalan mother of four who feared for her life, and whose father and mother were murdered by gangs, was deported. Back in Guatemala, gangs raped and shot her.
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Groups force Lesotho clothing factories owner to end gender-based violence
September 3, 2019A landmark alliance of unions and women’s rights groups in the Southern African nation of Lesotho teamed up to pressure a Taiwanese factory owner into signing a pact to end gender-based sexual harassment and violence at...
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Trumka: Workers “not interested in a sliver of change”
August 30, 2019"The rich continue to hoard unprecedented money and power, while the people who build that wealth are working harder and longer, for less money, with less dignity."
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Union silence on impeaching Trump? No great surprise
August 30, 2019As of Labor Day, public pressure is rising to at the very least open an impeachment investigation of GOP President Donald Trump.
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Labor movement fights leadership gender gap
August 30, 2019Female-led organizations have better track records of accomplishment, with less friction to boot. In corporations, the measures are profitability and employee satisfaction. In unions, the measures are organizing and bargaining successes.
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FBI raids UAW president as workers authorize strikes against Detroit 3
August 29, 2019Some say Trump administration timed the action to weaken union’s hand in upcoming talks with the Detroit 3.
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