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

Justices protect workers who file verbal complaints
March 31, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg
A complaint is a complaint, and it's valid - and protected - whether it's verbal or in writing, at least under the 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act.
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U.S.

Small Wal-Mart action led to big sex discrimination suit
March 31, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg
It all started with something Betty Dukes didn't do in 1998 at a Wal-Mart store in Pittsburg, Calif. She didn't come back late from lunch.
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Labor

Union sees AT&T buyout of T-Mobile as good for workers
March 25, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg
AT&T's purchase of T-Mobile could open the way for unionization of the thousands of T-Mobile workers who have been denied a voice on the job.
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Labor

Upper Big Branch miner describes scene at blast
March 24, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg
On that dismal day in West Virginia history, when the Upper Big Branch mine exploded, a son of one of the miners, Eddie, went from person to person asking: "Is there any word?"
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Labor

Triangle fire memorial draws parallels with today
March 22, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg
WASHINGTON (PAI) - A half-day-long Capitol Hill commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire drew uncomfortable parallels with conditions facing workers today. The fire in Manhattan killed 146 young immigrant workers, almost...
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Labor

Labor switches to defense on legislative agenda
March 14, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg
Bill Samuel, the AFL-CIO legislative director, explains the new math on Capitol Hill and in state houses around the country, and its impact on labor's agenda.
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Labor

AFL-CIO’s young workers plan second summit in Twin Cities
March 14, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg
The AFL-CIO's young workers advisory council is taking charge of the labor movement by making its leadership more youthful and is planning a second summit to take place in the fall.
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Labor

Labor plans national mobilization April 4th
March 4, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg
Labor is planning a mass mobilization nationwide on April 4 to support workers' rights, specifically the right to collectively bargain.
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