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

On anniversary of BP blast, judge speaks out for strikers
March 12, 2015 By Mark Gruenberg
The former judge who heard the 4,016 cases in the explosion's aftermath is speaking out for the strikers.
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U.S.

Mine owner could get up to 30 years for West Virginia deaths
March 12, 2015 By Mark Gruenberg
"When safety standards are cut, miners die. It's that simple. Let's not get to that point."
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Labor

Senate GOP votes to kill NLRB union elections rule, Obama promises veto
March 6, 2015 By Mark Gruenberg
By a 53-46 party-line vote, the GOP-run Senate voted to kill the NLRB's planned union elections rule update.
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Labor

Unionists storm Capitol Hill to lobby lawmakers vs. fast-track
March 5, 2015 By Mark Gruenberg
Several hundred unionists fanned out over Capitol Hill on Mar. 4 to lobby lawmakers to vote against so-called "fast-track" trade promotion authority.
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Labor

Organizers say it’s possible to grow unions in the South
March 5, 2015 By Mark Gruenberg
People remember Norma Rae, whose iconic struggle to organize a union at J.P. Stevens in the 1970's in Roanoke, N.C. was the stuff of a major Hollywood movie.
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Labor

Shuler challenges labor movement on promoting women to leadership
February 26, 2015 By Mark Gruenberg
AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Liz Shuler, the highest-ranking woman in the U.S. labor movement, is challenging her colleagues to promote more women to top jobs.
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Labor

Labor leaders halt political contributions until after fast-track vote
February 26, 2015 By Mark Gruenberg
Uunion presidents have decided to condition labor's voluntary political contributions to lawmakers on their fast-track votes, at least for now.
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Labor

Speaking for millions, union leaders declare “it’s our turn”
February 25, 2015 By John Wojcik And Mark Gruenberg
A group of the nation's top union leaders, looking dead serious, filed silently in and up to the front of the press room at the Westin Hotel in Atlanta.
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