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.

U.S. last in unionization among developed countries
November 28, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg
The U.S. is dead last among 21 top developed nations in both unionization rates and union coverage of the workforce and it's not because of globalization or high technology.
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Opinion

Alabama’s racism
November 23, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg
Alabama approved the racist, anti-immigrant, anti-Hispanic law HB56. The law, passed by the GOP legislature and pushed through by the GOP governor, cries out for a nationwide counterattack.
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Labor

Verizon is tax deadbeat, report shows
November 23, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg
In the last three years, as it raked in more than $100 billion in revenues and $33 billion in U.S. profits, Verizon has been a tax deadbeat.
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Labor

Trumka, Weingarten blame GOP for “super committee” failure
November 23, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka and AFT President Randi Weingarten, blamed the flop on GOP refusal to abandon tax cuts for the rich.
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Labor

Hoffa wins re-election as Teamsters president
November 23, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg
Incumbent Teamsters President James Hoffa was re-elected to a fourth term in final results announced by an independent overseer on Nov. 18.
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Labor

Steelworkers, top British union, hold joint Congress
November 21, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg
The London conference discussed participation by rank and file delegations of activists in each other's education, rapid response, health and safety, civil rights, and women's conferences.
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Labor

Postal unions blast two “rescue” bills
November 18, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg
Postal workers are blasting both Postal Service "rescue" bills as deeply flawed legislation that would come close to killing the Postal Service.
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U.S.

Progressive groups vs. Social Security, Medicare cuts
November 17, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg
Progressive groups, led by the Campaign for America's Future, are campaigning hard against proposals floated by deficit-cutting "Super Committee" Democrats.
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