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

Unions to world leaders: Choose “jobs” or “social collapse”
January 20, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg
The world's unions are delivering a strong message to international political and business leaders: Create jobs - millions of jobs - or face the consequences.
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Labor

California car washers win $1 million in back pay
January 19, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg
The first-ever group of unionized carwash workers won a $1 million back pay settlement.
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Labor

Unions scramble to protect pensions in Hostess bankruptcy
January 17, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg
The Bakery Workers, the Teamsters, and other unions representing Hostess Foods employees scrambled to protect their members as the snack food company filed for bankruptcy on Jan. 1.
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Labor

Workers file for union recognition at Aer Lingus
January 17, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg
AFA-CWA filed on Jan. 6 with the National Mediation Board for a recognition election among the 53 U.S.-based flight attendants of Aer Lingus, Ireland's national airline.
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Labor

Steelworkers: Refinery closings could cause oil shortages in Northeast
January 13, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg
The union says oil companies' closure of three big refineries in the Philadelphia area - and a plan to demolish one plant if its owner can't find a buyer - could lead to oil shortages in...
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Labor

Supreme Court takes case that would cripple labor’s political activity
January 10, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg
Yet another right-wing attempt to curb unions' political activism, by cutting off money, landed before the Supreme Court today.
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U.S.

Wisconsin recall Walker campaign reaches signature minimum
January 9, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg
But organizers want to send at least 720,277 names to the state as a show of strength and to provide a cushion should officials disallow some of the signatures.
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Labor

Airline union win shows importance of courts to workers
January 6, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg
When the nation's transportation unions won a significant decision on union election rules, in federal appeals court, it emphasized the importance of courts to workers.
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