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

ATU President Costa: Trump edict increases danger to transit workers
May 29, 2019 By Mark Gruenberg
The new ATU president barely had time to settle into his chair before the Trump administration confronted him with an edict sidelining better protections for transit workers.
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U.S.

Prominent Dems introduce anti-forced arbitration bill
May 29, 2019 By Mark Gruenberg
“Workers should not be coerced into signing away their rights as a condition of their employment."
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Politics

Trump transferring air marshals, possibly screeners too, to guard his wall
May 28, 2019 By Mark Gruenberg
Trump, despite 4,000 screener vacancies, ignores protests and sends 400 TSA workers to the southern border.
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Opinion

Will impeachment stop Trump’s war…on us?
May 24, 2019 By Mark Gruenberg
The strongest argument for impeachment may well be that it will slow down the right wing's anti-working-class agenda.
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Labor

Report: Rich Johns Hopkins Hospital garnishes wages of the poor
May 24, 2019 By Mark Gruenberg
Rich Johns Hopkins Hospital, one of the most-prestigious hospitals in the U.S., aggressively sues and garnishes wages of patients who live in the poor neighborhoods.
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Labor

AFGE: Trump’s killing of government personnel agency would politicize civil service
May 23, 2019 By Mark Gruenberg
Government Employees President (AFGE) J. David Cox’s warning got a sympathetic hearing from majority Democrats on the House Government Operations subcommittee.
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Labor

Union, BlueGreen Alliance leaders unveil “green energy” plan at hearings
May 22, 2019 By Mark Gruenberg
Nine top union leaders unveiled a comprehensive and detailed “Green Energy” plan.
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U.S.

Pro-choice marchers condemn abortion bans, vow retribution in 2020
May 22, 2019 By Mark Gruenberg
Hundreds of thousands of pro-choice marchers nationwide, including more than 1,000 massed before the U.S. Supreme Court, had a blunt message for Trump.
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