Mark Gruenberg
LATEST ARTICLES BY Mark Gruenberg
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Fatal on-the-job injuries rose by seven percent in 2016
December 27, 2017Growing economic sectors which receive little attention and oversight, such as health care and food services, saw jumps in death rates on the job.
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Unions: Workers will remember Trump tax deal in November
December 26, 2017The union leaders added it would throw 13 million people off health insurance by 2025, and raise premiums by 10 percent yearly for everyone else, due to a key provision yanking money from the Affordable Care...
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Tax cut bill: Corporate Christmas, New Year wish come true
December 26, 2017GOP President Donald Trump, who lobbied hard for the big tax cut for the 1 percent, signed the bill, HR1, on Dec. 22, and workers are left holding an empty bag as a result.
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D.C. jury acquits first batch of Trump Inauguration Day protesters
December 21, 2017As GOP leaders heap praise on Trump, courts say, “Not so fast.”
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Congress passes money bill after Dems back off from pro-Dreamers pledge
December 20, 2017The Dreamers want the Dems to use their leverage. Federal worker unions want a money bill, and without offsetting extra costs the GOP might attach to it by slamming federal workers, as they have in past...
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Another day, another NLRB pro-worker ruling bites the dust via Trump-named majority
December 20, 2017Another day, and another pro-worker National Labor Relations Board ruling bites the dust.
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Making millionaires into billionaires: GOP tax cut
December 20, 2017Americans will remember who cast their votes for a plan that gives 83 percent of its benefits to 1 percent of the American people.
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International sports union leaders unveil bill of rights for players
December 19, 2017“The men and women who play sports did not choose to give up the basic human rights we would want for every worker.”
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