Mark Gruenberg

Mark Gruenberg is head of the Washington, D.C., bureau of People's World. He is also the editor of Press Associates Inc. (PAI), a union news service in Washington, D.C. that he has headed since 1999. Previously, he worked as Washington correspondent for the Ottaway News Service, as Port Jervis bureau chief for the Middletown, NY Times Herald Record, and as a researcher and writer for Congressional Quarterly. Mark obtained his BA in public policy from the University of Chicago and worked as the University of Chicago correspondent for the Chicago Daily News.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Mark Gruenberg

News

Temporary Protected Status beneficiaries lobby lawmakers for permanent right to stay
December 4, 2019 By Mark Gruenberg
“We will not stop. We ask for permanent protection for everyone.”
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News

Supreme Court gun control deliberations avoid tackling NRA’s real aim
December 3, 2019 By Mark Gruenberg
For a case with such huge consequences, the nine justices of the U.S. Supreme Court – and lawyers from both sides – talked around the real issue in the court’s biggest gun rights case in 11...
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News

Anti-gun violence crusaders bring cause to High Court
December 2, 2019 By Mark Gruenberg
Where the NRA is trying to kill any type of gun control anywhere in the country.
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Labor

Exploited catering workers protest at busy airports
November 27, 2019 By Mark Gruenberg
"Delta makes billions in profit, but I have to work three jobs just to pay my bills. I often work over 80 hours per week at my jobs, and I barely get to sleep.”
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Labor

Unsafe practices force Teamsters Canada to strike Canadian National Railway
November 26, 2019 By Mark Gruenberg
Your locomotive is pulling hundreds of cars along miles of track—and your boss forces you to hang on to the outside of the locomotive with one hand and drive the train with the other.
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Politics

Why many unions haven’t come out for impeachment
November 25, 2019 By Mark Gruenberg
Unions and union leaders have not been afraid to speak out on issues ranging from right to work laws (against) to reproductive rights, often strongly challenging the positions advocated by Trump.
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U.S.

House approves nurse-pushed workplace violence bill
November 22, 2019 By Mark Gruenberg
"To stop these attacks, this bill would require employers to develop violence prevention plans to mitigate risk factors in healthcare facilities."
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Labor

Union, advocates, growers, reps agree on residence requirements for undocumented farmworkers
November 22, 2019 By Mark Gruenberg
Growers and lawmakers have agreed on legislation to provide residence requirements – including a path to “green cards” – for undocumented farm workers and their families.
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