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.

Mothers Day flowers nice but equal pay better
May 9, 2014 By John Wojcik And Mark Gruenberg
A total of 4.7 million moms and their families would see an increase in wages. That's one fifth of all working moms and their families who would benefit.
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Labor

Union leaders to lawmakers: pay freezes, furloughs hit federal workers’ morale
May 8, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg
"Federal employees are a devoted and resilient bunch. They despise what politicians have done to them."
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Labor

Unionists ignore downpour, bring fast track fight to Capitol steps
May 8, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg
Hundreds of unionists gathered on Capitol Hill on May 7 to campaign against "fast-track" trade legislation and the anti-worker trade treaties it would lead to.
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Labor

Alabama says it can fire workers for telling the truth
May 1, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg
In certain circumstances, the state of Alabama says, it can fire or discipline a state worker who tells the truth - even if the truth exposes fraud and corruption.
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Labor

Weak laws let whistleblower at Caterpillar plant hang out to dry
April 30, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg
A veteran UAW worker and safety committeeman at Caterpillar's big plant in Peoria, Ill. found out that federal job safety and health law protecting whistle-blowers is weak - very weak.
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U.S.

Teachers union leaders hit Supreme Court anti-affirmative action ruling
April 25, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg
NEA President Dennis Van Roekel, a Phoenix secondary school teacher, said it subjects minority group students to "separate and unequal political processes that put undue burdens" on them.
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Labor

Postal workers march to save the mail in 50 states
April 25, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg
Chanting "Whose post office? The people's post office!" Postal Workers and their union allies marched in Washington protesting the USPS scheme to run postal services out of Staples stores.
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World

TPP trade talks draw foes on both sides of Pacific
April 24, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg
Twitter carried pictures of protesting Asian workers and news reports said the Obama-Abe bargaining in Japan would probably not result in approval of the trade pact.
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