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

Duquesne University professors say yes to a union
October 1, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg
Professors at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, a prominent Catholic institution, voted to unionize with the Steelworkers. But the struggle isn't over yet.
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U.S.

Unions back universities in race and admissions Supreme Court case
September 28, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg
Declaring that, still, "race matters" in schools and society, unionsare siding with top universities in a U.S. Supreme Court case on the role of race in college admissions.
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Labor

Trumka urges white working-class men to back Warren in Mass.
September 28, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg
Using unusually strong language, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka waded into the neck-and-neck Massachusetts U.S. Senate.
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Labor

NFL players to owners: End lockout of refs
September 25, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg
Citing the threat to the players' health and safety the NFL Players Association formally asked league owners to end the NFL's lockout of the regular referees.
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U.S.

EPI: Income recovery from great recession may take until 2020
September 19, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg
The drop in workers' income, piled on a prior decline, was so deep that it may take until 2020 before workers' incomes match their peak set in 2000.
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U.S.

Census Bureau: Poverty rate unchanged, health care coverage improves, income drops
September 17, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg
AFL-CIO Pres. Trumka was not surprised by the findings, which back up the federation's emphasis on the drastic impact the recession - known as the Bush Crash - has had on workers and families.
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Labor

Unionists, allies protest Trans-Pacific trade pact
September 17, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg
Unionists and their allies protested at the Sept. 9 start of the latest round of talks on a planned Trans-Pacific Pact.
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Labor

Hoffa holds tea party responsible for “tremendous war on workers”
September 14, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg
The tea party has taken over the Republican Party and produced "craziness" there and is responsible for the "tremendous war on workers" now being waged nationwide, Teamsters President James Hoffa says.
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