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

Opinion

Welcome Pope Francis, campaigner against corporate greed!
September 27, 2013 By Mark Gruenberg
The campaign against corporate criminals and their gluttonous greed just added a new speaker with a very loud voice, Pope Francis I.
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Labor

Workers welcome Obama’s new home health care rules
September 23, 2013 By Mark Gruenberg
"We do work hard for very little. You can't go far on $8.87 an hour." Laura Lyn Clark toils more than 100 hours a week.
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Labor

D.C. unions to City Council: We’ll remember your Walmart vote
September 23, 2013 By Mark Gruenberg
Workers citywide will remember which city council members voted for Walmart in upholding Mayor Vincent Gray's veto of legislation requiring a $12.50 minimum wage.
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Labor

Irish unions battle minimum wage cuts
September 20, 2013 By Mark Gruenberg
Can you imagine battling the Great Recession by cutting the minimum wage?
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Labor

Groups launch new initiative for women’s equality
September 20, 2013 By Mark Gruenberg
Women's organizations, activists, and lawmakers launched a women's economic intiative that includes not just reproductive rights but pay equity, good jobs, and economic justice.
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Labor

Labor to “play heavily” in state elections next year
September 18, 2013 By Mark Gruenberg
Organized labor, with its community allies, will "play heavily" in state gubernatorial and legislative races next year, its top two political operatives say.
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Labor

AFL-CIO crafts compromise to prevent dumping of health care law
September 16, 2013 By John Wojcik And Mark Gruenberg
AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka said that labor's attempt to reach out to every worker in the country was going to require effort on the part of unions.
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Labor

Indiana court tosses state’s right-to-work law
September 16, 2013 By Mark Gruenberg
An Indiana circuit court judge has tossed out the state's "right to work" law, agreeing with the Operating Engineers that it violates the state's constitution.
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