Mark Gruenberg
LATEST ARTICLES BY Mark Gruenberg
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New Poor People’s Campaign launches coast to coast in 37 states
May 15, 2018D.C. crowd hears about girl who died because Alabama wouldn’t expand Medicaid.
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Chicago Tribune gives card-check recognition to Chicago News Guild
May 14, 2018“There is a rebellion brewing in newsrooms around the country. The journalists of the Chicago Tribune reflect that."
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Federal worker unions and retiree groups blast Trump pension cuts
May 11, 2018The cuts, which would hit retirees as well as current feds, would – combined with Trump’s pay freeze – also harm future hiring.
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Sanders: Make card-check the law, outlaw “right to work”
May 11, 2018The objective is to kill bosses’ frequent refusal to bargain, which bosses also use to discourage workers and convince them to reverse pro-union votes.
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Top NAACP official slams charter schools
May 10, 2018California NAACP president: Nation’s burgeoning charter school movement is bad for teachers, for kids, and for accountability to parents.
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House dumps GOP anti-construction worker scheme, again
May 9, 2018A bipartisan coalition of representatives defeated right wing Republicans’ scheme to cut construction workers’ pay.
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Nurses’ campaign for Medicare for All gets boost from Sanders
May 9, 2018More than 150 nurses from around the country, members of National Nurses United, got a big boost for their drive from its prime congressional sponsors.
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Poor People’s Campaign: Barber says war and racism tightly linked
May 7, 2018Quoting Dr. King in his D.C. speech Sunday night, Barber declared, “A nation that spends more on its military than on social justice is a nation approaching spiritual death.”
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