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

Steelworkers oppose using Chinese steel for Verrazano Bridge repairs
July 22, 2013 By Mark Gruenberg
Another local transit agency is repairing another big well-known U.S. bridge using Chinese steel, and thus not U.S. steel or steelworkers.
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U.S.

D.C. fast food workers strike, wage complaints reach White House
July 19, 2013 By Mark Gruenberg
WASHINGTON - Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., has taken the plight of the nation's low-paid fast food workers - specifically those who toil in eateries in federal buildings - straight to the top of the nation's political...
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Labor

Three unions call for Obamacare redo
July 19, 2013 By Mark Gruenberg
WASHINGTON - The presidents of the Teamsters, the United Food and Commercial Workers and Unite Here have asked congressional Democratic leaders to redo the 2010 health insurance law to prevent firms from converting workers from full-time...
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U.S.

Senate rules fight today a big deal for a Battle Creek woman
July 16, 2013 By Mark Gruenberg
Unions have had an ongoing campaign to force the Senate to vote on the NLRB nominees this week. Majority Leader Harry Reid planned to change the filibuster rule to eliminate the Republicans' roadblock.
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Labor

NEA votes $3 member fee for school improvement
July 15, 2013 By Mark Gruenberg
Delegates to the union's annual convention, the first week in July in Atlanta, approved the fee at the urging of President Dennis Van Roekel.
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Labor

Workers strike as D.C. city council defies Walmart on wages
July 15, 2013 By Mark Gruenberg
The actions reflect rising activism nationwide, as one-day strikes have hit not just fast food eateries and retailers, but Walmart and its oppressive unhealthy warehouses.
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Labor

Unions call Walmart’s Bangladesh safety pact “weak and worthless”
July 12, 2013 By Mark Gruenberg
The pact was negotiated behind closed doors with a D.C. think tank partially funded by Walmart, without any input from workers or unions, here or in Bangladesh.
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Labor

AFL-CIO hits Obama’s postponement of employer health care mandate
July 11, 2013 By Mark Gruenberg
The AFL-CIO is upset by the latest health care development: a one-year postponement of another key section, the employer mandate.
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