Mark Gruenberg
LATEST ARTICLES BY Mark Gruenberg
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Labor
Nebraska kosher meat packing plant leaves workers trayf—unclean—vs. coronavirus
November 25, 2020It’s not just the workers who are unprotected; so is the community. The virus has spread in Hastings, as it has in other meatpacking-heavy cities in the Great Plains, to other residents.
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News
‘Essential’ workers? Companies more interested in protecting profits than people
November 25, 2020"80 million votes sent a message that we’ve had enough of Wall Street running our economy.”
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News
Poor People’s Campaign mourns COVID dead, demands immediate help for workers
November 24, 2020“People shouldn’t have to choose between going back to work and having a chance to live,” Rev. Liz Theoharis declared.
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News
People’s World takes sides. Yours.
November 20, 2020We need your eyes on our stories, but we need your dollars to keep the stories coming.
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Labor
Iowa Tyson pork plant bosses bet on how many workers coronavirus would kill
November 20, 20201,000 workers sick, six dead, one big fat wrongful death lawsuit, and one very pissed-off union. No word on which plant boss won the betting pool.
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Politics
22 million jobless, Senate Republicans go home for Thanksgiving without passing aid
November 20, 2020The Democratic-run House tried twice to reinstate the $600 weekly checks with the Heroes Act, but Senate GOP leader McConnell killed it both times.
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Labor
National Nurses United readies new Medicare For All push
November 20, 2020Not only does the union face the moneyed opposition of the insurance and hospital lobbies, but it must overcome a “not-that” attitude from Democratic President-elect Joe Biden.
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Labor
Unions back attempt to block Trump’s return to spoils system
November 19, 2020If Trump were to ultimately succeed in pulling off an electoral coup and hold onto the presidency, this latest order would give him expanded power to purge anyone he saw as disloyal.
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