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

Environment

Impending disaster uncovered at Louisiana refinery
March 8, 2013 By Mark Gruenberg
An EPA inspection uncovered numerous air quality and job safety and health violations that ExxonMobil did not report at the nation's second largest oil refinery.
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Labor

Labor says tax millionaires to protect Social Security
March 8, 2013 By Mark Gruenberg
"Ninety-four percent of the country pays Social Security taxes on all their income. Six percent do not. This has got to change."
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Labor

Las Vegas cab company forces a strike
March 7, 2013 By Mark Gruenberg
The second largest cab company in Las Vegas has forced its drivers - the first taxi drivers to unionize, more than a decade ago - to strike.
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Labor

Collective bargaining easier in Germany
March 7, 2013 By Mark Gruenberg
The German model of collective bargaining, and what the U.S. can learn from it, was the top topic of conversation.
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Labor

Acting labor secretary links wage hikes to unions
March 4, 2013 By Mark Gruenberg
U.S. workers' wages rise when U.S. unions thrive, the temporary top man at the U.S. Labor Department, acting Secretary Seth Harris, says.
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U.S.

Feds again targeting outspoken Latinos
March 4, 2013 By Mark Gruenberg
Josemaria Islas made a mistake last July - he went outside to eat his lunch.
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Labor

Unions to focus on dumping GOP governors
March 1, 2013 By Mark Gruenberg
The 2012 election is barely in the books, but the AFL-CIO is already starting to think about the next round of polling, in November 2014.
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Labor

Trumka: AFL-CIO to undergo wide-scale revamp
February 28, 2013 By Mark Gruenberg
The revamp will meet the conditions of changing workplaces, extend labor's reach, and shift its emphasis within the federation to more inter-union and regional cooperation.
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