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

Elections have consequences: “Right to work” is one of them
February 4, 2013 By Mark Gruenberg
The GOP majority in the Pennsylvania state capitol in Harrisburg is pushing a so-called "right-to-work" law in the Quaker State.
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Labor

Union hopes $4 billion fine will force change at BP
February 4, 2013 By Mark Gruenberg
Steelworkers Vice President Gary Beevers hopes the record fine and criminal charge pleas by British Petroleum will finally force the oil industry to take safety seriously.
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U.S.

Latino labor leader: Immigration legislation has potential problems
February 1, 2013 By Mark Gruenberg
Providing a path to eventual citizenship for 11 million undocumented workers "is a worthy #1 goal" of proposed immigration reform legislation.
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U.S.

Trumka: Pols who cut Social Security increases will get cut
February 1, 2013 By Mark Gruenberg
The AFL-CIO will work for that, federation President Richard Trumka says.
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Labor

Germans say Americans need “attitude shift” about work
January 31, 2013 By Mark Gruenberg
Remaking the U.S. workforce to make it more competitive in the 21st century will take an attitude shift by companies, students, and their parents.
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Labor

Harkin, Senate Labor Committee chairman, to retire
January 31, 2013 By Mark Gruenberg
Senate Labor Committee Chairman Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, said on Jan. 26 that he would not seek re-election next year.
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Labor

Union leaders endorse immigration reform framework, but devil is in the details
January 30, 2013 By Mark Gruenberg
Top union leaders joined Obama in Las Vegas to endorse an immigration reform framework that a bipartisan group of eight senators unveiled the day before.
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Labor

Labor board chief: We’ll enforce labor law, despite court ruling
January 29, 2013 By Mark Gruenberg
"The board respectfully disagrees with the decision and believes the president's position in the matter will ultimately be upheld," said NLRB Chairman Mark Pearce.
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