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.

SEIU’s Medina predicts more Latino voter activism next year
November 15, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg
Service Employees Secretary-Treasurer Eliseo Medina, a skilled organizer and one of the most influential Hispanic Americans in the labor movement, predicts Latino voters will have heightened activism in next year's election.
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Labor

Can labor build on Ohio win?
November 14, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg
With one year to go before the Nov. 2012 election, the key question for organized labor after this fall's voting is: Can it build on the Ohio win?
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Labor

How many hours has your bus driver been behind the wheel?
November 4, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg
The next time you get on an inter-city bus, ask the driver how many hours he or she has spent behind the wheel in the last week.
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U.S.

Construction workers more likely to die on the job
November 4, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg
Over their careers, construction workers have a one in 200 chance of dying on the job, five times what the government considers the "significant" risk.
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U.S.

Service Employees sue South Carolina over anti-immigrant law
November 3, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg
Once again, the Service Employees have joined a private lawsuit, and supported an Obama administration lawsuit, challenging anti-immigrant laws.
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World

Union leaders to G20: World must focus recovery on workers, jobs
November 2, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg
World leaders must pivot and focus the international economy - and its recovery - on getting workers into jobs, union leaders will tell international leaders meeting in Cannes, France.
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U.S.

AFL-CIO ramps up campaign to protect Social Security
October 31, 2011 By John Wojcik And Mark Gruenberg
The AFL-CIO is ramping up its campaign to protect Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid from threatened future cuts by the congressional so-called "Super Committee."
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Labor

Right-to-work scheme rears its head in Indiana again
October 31, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg
A GOP scheme to make Indiana into a so-called "Right to Work" state, crippling unions by allowing thousands of workers to be freeloaders, has reared its head in the Hoosier State - again.
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