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

California teachers arrested
May 20, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg
A week of statewide teacher protests in California included the arrest of 26 members of the California Teachers Association.
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Labor

Machinists, labor board official say Boeing broke law
May 16, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg
Machinist workers are gathering allies as the battle grows over a top NLRB official's statement that Boeing broke labor law by moving aircraft production to anti-union South Carolina.
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Labor

Union gets new chief
May 13, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg
Noel Beasley was elected new president of Workers United, an SEIU sector, the union said.
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U.S.

Teamsters campaign against extra-large trucks
May 5, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg
The Teamsters and several safety groups and advocates opened a campaign on against the truck lobby's plans to put extra-large rigs on U.S. roads.
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Labor

Sweeney, prominent bishop challenge Catholic Church on action for workers
May 4, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg
Retired AFL-CIO President John Sweeney, one of the Catholic Church's most prominent laymen, and a bishop are challenging their church to live up to its own ideals on workers' rights.
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Labor

Right-wing agenda in Memphis would reverse King era gains
May 3, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg
Even in Memphis. That's how far down the chain of state and local governments the right wing war on workers has extended - and take it from one who knows, Alvin Turner.
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Labor

Memphis sanitation workers inducted into Labor Hall of Fame
May 3, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg
The sanitation workers from Memphis, whose strike for union recognition and respect on the job led Dr. King to that Tennessee city 43 years ago were inducted into the Labor Hall of Fame in Washington.
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U.S.

Must pension funds prove losses before they can sue?
April 29, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg
Must public pension funds prove they lost money before they can sue as a class against the corporations involved? That's the problem the Supreme Court wrestled with, in a case that pitted a non-profit foundation against...
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