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

U.S.

AFGE: new poultry inspection rules endanger public’s health
June 1, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg
The American Federation of Government Employees, which represents all federal poultry inspectors, is telling the Obama administration to reject planned new poultry inspection rules.
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U.S.

Labor help critical to defeat Walker, “fix Wisconsin”
May 31, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg And Dominique Paul Noth
Wisconsin has been torn apart by Walker's ideological civil war and his divide-and-conquer assault on our values and our workers. We cannot fix Wisconsin and move forward as long as Walker remains governor.
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Labor

Urge to lawmakers: Use Trans-Pacific trade pact to favor workers
May 31, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg
The AFL-CIO is urging Congress and the Obama administration to use negotiation of the Trans-Pacific Pact to redo U.S. trade policy to support workers.
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Labor

NLRB official orders rerun recognition vote at Target store
May 30, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg
Saying Target illegally threatened to close its store if workers won a vote, a judge ordered a rerun election at the 268-worker store.
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Labor

NYC public workers battle Bloomberg, with video
May 29, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg
Even as Mayor Michael Bloomberg ladles out billions of dollars to contractors in questionable deals, the multimillionaire former businessman is trying to cut pay of 10,000 of the city's municipal trades workers.
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U.S.

Wrong turn could kill economic recovery
May 25, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg
A top international economic group says the recovery could reverse into a new recession due to misguided, wrong economic policies.
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Labor

Coalition asks members to lobby for Paycheck Fairness Act
May 24, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg
The drive kicked off when Senate Democrats announced that Senate leaders promised them a vote on the legislation.
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Labor

CWA president: We need mass movement to fix this mess
May 24, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg
The U.S. will stay mired in an "economy mess" of low growth, low-paying jobs, rising income inequality and worse unless it fixes its political processes.
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