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

Hoffa and Brown try to put brakes on Pacific trade pact
July 2, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg
With the Obama administration moving ahead with negotiations with Pacific Rim nations, Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and Teamsters President James Hoffa teamed up.
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U.S.

Congress agrees on $ for roads, bridges, but not mass transit
July 2, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg
Key GOP hang-ups, which were apparently dropped from the final version of the legislation, included Republican insistence on construction of the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline.
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Labor

Hunger strikers crusade to save Postal Service
June 29, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg
If all else fails, try shame.
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U.S.

Court tosses Montana ban on Super PACs, CWA vows to fight
June 29, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg
The top union proponents of constitutional limits on corporate spending in politics, vowed to step up that drive.
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Labor

Independent union of Merck workers joins OPEIU
June 27, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg
Affiliation with OPEIU will give more strength in representing members as part of the 108,000-member OPEIU and the support of the 13 million members of the AFL-CIO and organized labor
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Labor

Hunger strike underway in D.C.
June 26, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg
Planned cuts to the U.S. Postal Service that would cost more than 100,000 active workers their jobs and other cuts, prompted eight retired union Letter Carriers to begin a hunger strike in D.C. on June 25....
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Labor

Biggest public worker union elects new president
June 25, 2012 By John Wojcik And Mark Gruenberg
"You provide the safe neighborhoods, you provide the good schools, you provide the hospitals. We owe you!" Biden declared.
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Labor

Labor tries new tactic after defeat at Walmart
June 25, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg
Civil rights groups and sympathetic lawmakers were prompted to draft legislation creating an alternative route for workers to get justice against Walmart.
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