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

U.S.

Trump’s pick for Secretary of Education would privatize public schools
February 1, 2017 By Larry Rubin And Mark Gruenberg
“DeVos fought for the failed education policies that siphoned money away from strengthening public schools for all students."
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Labor

Unionists across the country come out to back immigrants
February 1, 2017 By Mark Gruenberg
“Don’t rest easy. Today, those who are undocumented are in trouble. Tomorrow it could be those who are documented."
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Labor

Numbers down, but collective action ‘stronger than ever’
January 30, 2017 By Mark Gruenberg
The numbers of union members and the percentage of the unionized workforce both declined in 2016.
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Labor

House Workforce committee to repeal worker protections
January 30, 2017 By Mark Gruenberg
Chairwoman Foxx bragged that her state has second lowest union density.
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Labor

Puzder’s workers say he’s not fit to be Secretary of Labor
January 27, 2017 By Mark Gruenberg
Andrew Puzder has said if the federal minimum wage is raised, he’ll hire robots.
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Labor

GOP House majority rushes to halt future pro-worker rules
January 24, 2017 By Mark Gruenberg
The measure, HR5, slows every rule that a federal agency would issue to a crawl.
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Labor

Workers again try to organize South Carolina Boeing plant
January 24, 2017 By Mark Gruenberg
For a second time in three years, the Machinists are trying to organize the 2,850 workers at Boeing’s plant in North Charleston, South Carolina.
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News

Worldwide uprising against Trump agenda draws millions of marchers
January 21, 2017 By Mark Gruenberg And Larry Rubin
The streets and thoroughfares of every major American city were packed with hundreds of thousands today declaring their rejection of the dark message of hate and division that Donald J. Trump laid out yesterday after he...
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