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

Trumka warns Dems: stick by Social Security, Medicare
October 25, 2013 By Mark Gruenberg
LAS VEGAS - AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka has put lawmakers on notice to stick by Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid or face labor opposition at the polls next year.
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U.S.

Prosecuting JPMorgan Chase a good start, but…
October 24, 2013 By Mark Gruenberg
There's a long way to go. And, unfortunately, the politicians who enabled the corporate criminals on Wall Street seem to be beyond the law's reach.
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Labor

Senate to vote Oct. 28 on Griffin for top NLRB enforcement job
October 24, 2013 By Mark Gruenberg
The Senate is scheduled to vote late on Oct. 28 on Obama's nomination of Richard Griffin to be General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board.
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Labor

Labor expanding vehicle to open membership to everyone
October 24, 2013 By Mark Gruenberg
The AFL-CIO and its Working America affiliate announced Oct. 23 that the affiliate will expand its operations to all 50 states within five years.
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Labor

International unions demand freedom for top Colombian labor
October 23, 2013 By Mark Gruenberg
International union organizations are joining a drive to free top Colombian labor leader Huber Ballesteros "without delay."
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Labor

San Francisco transit workers out on strike
October 18, 2013 By Mark Gruenberg
SAN FRANCISCO - Management refusal to negotiate on its own work rule demands - demands the unions say could impact worker safety - forced workers for the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit System (BART) to...
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Labor

Union leaders welcome end of shutdown, lifting of debt limit
October 17, 2013 By Mark Gruenberg
Union leaders welcomed Congress' end of the two-week partial federal shutdown and the decision to suspend the nation's debt limit, thus avoiding what would have been a first-ever default.
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Labor

Subway fires worker for giving a 3-year-old a cookie
October 15, 2013 By John Wojcik And Mark Gruenberg
We've heard of ridiculous excuses companies use to fire pro-union workers, but a Seattle Subway shop takes the cake...er, cookie. Working Washington reports the firm fired Carlos Hernandez for giving a 66-cent cookie, free, to a...
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