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

Companies continue attack on national labor board
August 29, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg
Unions, led by the Teamsters, the Laborers, the United Food and Commercial Workers, and the AFL-CIO, strongly backed the National Labor Relations Board's recent proposal to change union recognition election procedures.
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Labor

West coast grocery talks down to the wire
August 29, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg
Bargaining went down to the wire, with the latest session scheduled for today between the United Food and Commercial Workers locals that represent 62,000 Southern California grocery workers and their three grocery chain employers: Ralph's, Albertson's...
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Labor

Verizon bargaining resumes, workers end strike
August 23, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg
Some 45,000 unionized Verizon workers, members of CWA and IBEW returned to work at a minute past midnight on Aug. 23, ending their 2-week strike. The old contract was reinstated, pending the outcome of re-started bargaining...
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U.S.

Big Business hiding more of its money
August 17, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg
The U.S. collects less in corporate taxes as a share of GDP than 24 out of 26 industrialized countries, ahead of only Chile and Mexico.
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Labor

Labor welcomes U.S. move in Guatemalan labor rights
August 12, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg
Organized labor welcomed the Obama administration's first move against rampant labor rights violations in Guatemala.
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Labor

Labor mobilizes in congressional districts in August
August 11, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg
Organized labor mobilized in congressional districts nationwide in August, with two top leaders saying union activists this year will take the place of the tea party radicals of 2009-10. And the unionists, leaders and organizers say,...
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U.S.

Wisconsin recall drive falls one seat short
August 10, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg
With the GOP holding a 19-14 lead in the state senate, labor-backed Democrats needed to win three of the six races to wrest control.
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Labor

Unions say “voter ID” is Jim Crow revisited
August 5, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg
The AFL-CIO is mapping plans to educate its members, other workers and the wider electorate in how to overcome efforts to suppress the right to vote.
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