Mark Gruenberg
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At AFL-CIO headquarters, Brazilian unionists describe dire human rights situation there
April 30, 2019“In economics, this government is the most-extreme form of neo-liberalism and in human rights, it wants a return to the Middle Ages,” said Antonio do Lisboa.
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Labor
AFL-CIO: Trump job safety rollbacks endanger workers’ lives
April 26, 2019Zachary Hess died on the job. And the AFL-CIO is warning there could be more Zachary Hesses, thanks to Donald Trump.
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Labor
Amazon and McDonald’s top ‘Dirty Dozen’ list of dangerous firms
April 25, 2019Two of the nation’s largest, most-powerful and most-well-known corporations are among the “Dirty Dozen” firms on the latest list of job safety and health lawbreakers.
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U.S.
Wide community support gives 31,000 Stop & Shop workers a big win
April 24, 2019Stop & Shop lost 75% of its business during the strike it forced.
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Labor
Trumka: Democratic House ‘has stood on the side of workers’
April 24, 2019The new Democratic-run U.S. House “has stood on the side of workers” on many issues, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka says.
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U.S.
GOP lawmaker’s idiotic remark about nurses goes viral and backfires
April 23, 2019File this one under the category of “Open mouth, insert foot.”
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Politics
What did the President know and what did he do?
April 23, 2019Despite Mueller’s timidity his own investigation reveals extensive obstruction of justice by President Trump.
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Labor
Mueller report: ‘Miners for Trump’ rally in Pittsburgh was a fake
April 19, 2019Fake "Miners for Trump" rallies were among the many acts taken by Russian operatives in an attempt to swing the 2016 election for Donald Trump.
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