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

NYC AFSCME wins reinstatement for disabled workers Bloomberg fired
April 17, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg
Eleven disabled workers, whom former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg laid off (fired) will get their jobs back, thanks to their AFSCME local.
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Labor

Executive Paywatch highlights gap between rich CEOs and their workers
April 15, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg
"Tax day is a day when we all pitch in, right? Yet for a small number of wealthy people, it represents making money from the sacrifice of others - a ridiculous amount of money."
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U.S.

House GOP rams through latest devastating Ryan budget
April 14, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg
The House's ruling Republicans jammed through a GOP-written budget blueprint for the fiscal year starting Oct. 1, by a 219-205 vote on Apr. 10.
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Labor

NLRB heads to court to stop Kellogg’s lockout of Memphis workers
April 11, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg
The decision to head for court “recognizes Kellogg’s illegal positions and iron-fisted conduct were so destructive to these workers’ rights ."
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Labor

Nurses and lawmakers resume push for financial transactions tax
April 9, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg
National Nurses United and the Congressional Progressive Caucus relaunched their drive for a financial transactions tax.
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U.S.

Key lawmaker warns highway-mass transit money is running out
April 9, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg
Money to repair the nation's crumbling roads and rehab its creaky mass transit lines will run out by July, a key lawmaker on budget issues warns.
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Labor

Colombian union leaders say killings continue
April 8, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg
Three years after it was added as a side pact to the controversial U.S.-Colombia "free trade" pact, the Labor Action Plan designed to improve workers' lot and their rights is a failure.
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U.S.

Senate battle on minimum wage hike to erupt after Easter
April 4, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg
That announcement by Senator Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, brought cheers from a jammed Capitol rally after the labor-backed "Raise The Wage" bus ended its 11-state tour by halting at the foot of Capitol Hill.
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