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

Opinion

Truckers force port to talk and lawmakers to act
February 15, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg
"They want to make the owners responsible for the equipment they (the truckers) use," Michaels explains.
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Labor

AFL-CIO: Republicans voted almost 100% wrong on labor issues
February 14, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg
The party cleavage was stark in the GOP-run House last year on key votes. Unions use the AFL-CIO figures as part of their evaluations when deciding, locally, whether to support or oppose an incumbent lawmaker.
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U.S.

Labor groups defend different pieces of national health care law
February 14, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg
With the national health care revision law yet to fully take effect, but under challenge before the Supreme Court, six labor organizations have stepped forward, four of them joining other groups, to defend different parts of...
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U.S.

Opposition grows to GOP schools proposal
February 13, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg
The National Education Association and a wide range of other organizations are opposing the proposal by the House's ruling Republicans to rewrite federal education law and school aid.
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U.S.

Trumka: Big Banks’ payment on mortgage settlement good first step
February 13, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg
A $26.5 billion settlement between the states' attorneys general and big banks over the financial finagling with mortgage-backed securities is a good first step, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka says.
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U.S.

Obama’s pension chief pushes new plan to protect retirees
February 10, 2012 By John Wojcik And Mark Gruenberg
The head of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp., which insures traditional private pensions, wants to change how his agency charges premiums to firms it serves.
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Labor

House GOP blasts Obama NLRB appointments
February 10, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg
Republicans on the highly partisan House Education and the Workforce Committee blasted President Obama's recess appointments to the NLRB.
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U.S.

Jobless benefits and payroll tax cut in danger, SEIU warns
February 9, 2012 By John Wojcik And Mark Gruenberg
Republican lawmakers are plotting to allow extra federal jobless benefits and the "temporary" payroll tax cut for 160 million workers to lapse.
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