Mark Gruenberg

Award-winning journalist Mark Gruenberg is head of the Washington, D.C., bureau of People's World. He is also the editor of the union news service Press Associates Inc. (PAI). Known for his reporting skills, sharp wit, and voluminous knowledge of history, Mark is a compassionate interviewer but tough when going after big corporations and their billionaire owners.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Mark Gruenberg

Labor

AFGE gets legal win vs. ex-Pres. Trump’s Education Department
December 9, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg
Trump Education Secretary Betsy Devos was found guilty on 14 counts of breaking labor law.
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U.S.

AFT takes lead on push to increase state and local tax deduction
December 9, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg
Teachers push hard for the passage of Biden’s Build Back Better agenda.
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Labor

Kellogg’s workers reject proposed contract; company threatens ‘permanent replacements’
December 8, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg
The cereal giant forced workers to strike with its two-tier pay system and 80-hour workweeks.
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Labor

Postal Workers tell Congress to deliver postal reform before year’s end
December 7, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg
Republicans sabotaged the USPS with an expensive retirement funding requirement in 2006. HR3076 would reverse it and speed up service.
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U.S.

Jobless rate drops in November to 4.2 percent, other numbers mixed
December 6, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg
The number of people working is still below what it was in the last pre-pandemic month.
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U.S.

First Amazon, now Starbucks: Workers demanding unions at low-paying firms
December 3, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg
First it was and still is Amazon in Alabama, now Starbucks in Buffalo being organized by Workers United. A Service Employees sector.
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Politics

Government will stay open – for now
December 3, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg
Ted Cruz effort to expose more people to COVID by defunding Biden vaccine mandates in exchange for funding the government goes down to defeat.
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World

Nurses worldwide demand end to corporate curbs on coronavirus vaccines
December 2, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg
Big Pharma says “no." Rich countries including Switzerland, Singapore, Norway, and the European Union are going along with a form of vaccine apartheid. Nurses from around the world are taking action to fight for health care...
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