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 a holy terror when going after big corporations and their billionaire owners. El galardonado periodista Mark Gruenberg es el director de la oficina de People's World en Washington, D.C. También es editor del servicio de noticias sindicales Press Associates Inc. (PAI).

LATEST ARTICLES BY Mark Gruenberg

Labor

Postal unions, postal service collide over layoff scheme, health care cuts
September 16, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg
The nation's postal unions and the U.S. Postal Service's management have collided over management's latest plan to close what it says is a yawning deficit: mass layoffs, violating union contracts, and cuts in health care.
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U.S.

Fire Fighters commemorate 9/11 with N.Y.-to-D.C. memorial ride
September 12, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg
The New York locals of the Fire Fighters, who lost 343 members and their priest on 9/11 2001, will commemorate their fallen colleagues with a 343-mile memorial bicycle ride.
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Labor

Retiree group working to get seniors to back Obama
September 12, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg
The labor-backed Alliance for Retired Americans is gearing up for a tough battle - getting non-union retirees to vote for Barack Obama in 2012.
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U.S.

Chicago students protest Sears ties to child labor and rape
September 9, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg
High school students are protesting Sears's purchase of clothing from a factory where a supervisor is an unpunished serial rapist of young females.
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Labor

Communications workers target GOP
September 8, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg
CWA launched a "Countdown to Shutdown" advertising campaign, sending flyers to 600,000 voters in 25 swing districts of Republican lawmakers on Aug. 30.
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U.S.

Federal judge temporarily halts Alabama anti-immigrant law
September 7, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg
A federal judge temporarily halted Alabama's anti-immigrant law - a measure so harsh that it makes Arizona's notorious law and its prejudice against Hispanics look mild by comparison.
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Labor

From Wal-Mart to hot dogs, courts important for workers
September 7, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg
So you still don't think courts are important to workers? Betty Dukes and Nolan Koewler can quickly set you straight.
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Labor

Labor history: 2011 marks unhappy anniversary on job safety
September 7, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg
The year 2011 should serve as a reminder of how far the U.S. has come on job safety issues - and how far it has yet to go.
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