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

Clinton, Sanders meet top union leaders
July 16, 2015 By Mark Gruenberg
The two leading Democratic presidential contenders met behind closed doors with top union leaders to talk positions and strategy.
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Labor

Judge to hear case against USPS deal with Staples
July 15, 2015 By Mark Gruenberg
"If the NLRB sustains the allegations in the complaint, it could effectively end Staples' foray into the mail business."
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Environment

Environmentalists, railroad workers protest oil trains
July 15, 2015 By Mark Gruenberg
Environmentalists and rank-and-file railroad workers took to the streets protesting continued transportation of oil trains.
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Arts

Today in labor history: Ode to a labor troubadour, Woody Guthrie
July 14, 2015 By Mark Gruenberg
He wasn't afraid to tackle the problems that workers and unionists faced, while bucking up their spirits, by singing about the people, you and me.
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U.S.

American Federation of Teachers endorses Hillary Clinton
July 14, 2015 By Mark Gruenberg
Weingarten put the union's endorsement in the context of scrapping the Bush-era No Child Left Behind and its teach-to-the-test penalizing of students and schools.
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Labor

Canada’s prime minister jams anti-union law through Parliament
July 13, 2015 By Mark Gruenberg
"Unions are far more democratic, transparent, and accountable to their members than this prime minister and his government are to taxpayers."
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Labor

Sanders draws roars from union retirees
July 10, 2015 By Mark Gruenberg
Retired unionists represent the consistently largest and most-active political constituency - the elderly.
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Labor

Labor board tackles another joint-employer issue, involving temps
July 9, 2015 By Mark Gruenberg
If an employer gets workers from a temp agency and the union wants to organize them, must it first get an OK from both the employer and the temp agency? <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face...
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