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

UFCW on a roll in southern California
June 5, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg
Unionists ratified a new contract with the area's big food chains, and Local 770 passed the 100-store organizing mark at CVS, adding 2,000 members.
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U.S.

Latest GOP scheme to kill Saturday mail delivery killed in Congress
June 4, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg
In a joint letter to lawmakers, the leaders of the nation's four postal workers' unions called the House GOP's scheme "outrageous and misguided."
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U.S.

House GOP approves hiring of lawbreakers as federal contractors
June 4, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg
The House GOP majority rejected a Democratic attempt to aid low-wage workers by ending federal government hiring of contractors who violate the law.
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Labor

In LA and Illinois, unions fight legal battles vs. pension cuts
June 3, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg
The LA pension case affects 20,000 present municipal workers and the Illinois case affects 621,000 workers and retirees.
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Labor

Walmart moms challenge Walmart chairman
June 2, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg
Opening a new front in their long campaign to improve Walmart, the "Walmart moms," members of OURWalmart, are taking on the company's chairman.
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U.S.

House Dems side with labor on trade pact
May 30, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg
"Labor rights are now government-to-government in trade pacts, while corporate rights get to go over the top of governments."
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Labor

GOP Anchorage mayor calls union dues slavery
May 29, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg
Proving that stupid political statements are not confined to the "Lower 48" of the nation's 50 states, the Republican mayor of Anchorage called union dues "slavery."
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U.S.

U.S. ranks with Haiti, Iran and Mexico on workers rights
May 23, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg
"We cannot and we will not stand silent while workers are impoverished through the supply chains of big business and attacked by their own governments."
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