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

Transit union applauds ban on reckless bus firms
June 8, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg
The Amalgamated Transit Union is praising the federal government for ordering 26 unsafe bus firms to stop plying the nation's roads.
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Labor

Consumer group demands end to sugar lockout
June 8, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg
A top pro-labor consumer group asked American Crystal Sugar to resume bargaining with the 1,300 workers the firm locked out 10 months ago.
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Labor

NLRB: GOP heavy hitter Adelson must bargain with guards’ union
June 7, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg
None of the 40,000 workers at any Sands casino are unionized.
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Labor

After Wisconsin, unions say they’re in for the long haul
June 7, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg
The nation's union presidents emphasized the positive impact of mobilizing union members nationwide for politics after the bitterly contested Wisconsin recall election.
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U.S.

GOP defeats equal pay, continues war on women
June 5, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg
WASHINGTON (PAI)--For the second time in three years, a Republican Senate filibuster threat killed the Paycheck Fairness Act, legislation designed to bring the U.S. towards the goal of equal pay for equal work.
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Labor

Unions mount effort to end Bush tax cuts
June 5, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg
A coalition of unions and progressive groups launched a grassroots effort to end the Bush tax cuts by the end of this year.
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Labor

Unions hit Romney on equal pay
June 5, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg
A Republican minority in the Senate blocked a vote today on equal pay for women after unions and their allies challenged Romney to back the legislation.
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Labor

Teamsters ratify new contract with Sotheby’s, ending 10-month lockout
June 4, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg
The 42 Teamsters who work as art handlers for the famed Sotheby's auction house in Manhattan overwhelmingly ratified a new 3-year contract with the firm on May 31, ending the company's 10-month lockout.
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