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 tackle if states can use business licensing laws vs. undocumented workers
December 10, 2010 By Mark Gruenberg
Can states use their own licensing laws to crack down on businesses that hire undocumented workers? The Supreme Court wrestled with that question on Dec. 9, dealing with a 2007 law from Arizona - a measure...
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Labor

Job safety-mine safety bill fails in House
December 10, 2010 By Mark Gruenberg
The Democratic-run House failed on Dec. 8 to pass a major job safety-mine safety bill that needed a two-thirds vote for approval.
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U.S.

High court takes Wal-Mart sex discrimination case
December 9, 2010 By Mark Gruenberg
WASHINGTON (PAI) -To nobody's surprise, the U.S. Supreme Court will tackle the world's biggest sexual discrimination case, involving the world's largest private corporation, Wal-Mart.
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Labor

Labor Deptartment zeroes in on women’s issues
December 6, 2010 By Mark Gruenberg
The Labor Department's Women's Bureau, faced with small size, a budget freeze and potential cuts, will emphasize research on working women's issues, outreach to workers and - despite a potentially hostile GOP House majority - paycheck...
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Labor

Workers invoke eminent domain to keep plant open
December 3, 2010 By Mark Gruenberg
For the first time ever, eminent domain may be used to keep a factory running and workers on their jobs.
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Labor

Out of work bricklayer tells lawmakers what “hell” is like
December 3, 2010 By Mark Gruenberg
The 13-year veteran of Bricklayers Local 1 in New York has been out of work since October. And the West Babylon, Long Island, resident, who provides for his wife, two kids and 86-year-old mother who lives...
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Labor

Trumka: more jobs solve deficit crisis
November 19, 2010 By Mark Gruenberg
WASHINGTON (PAI) - AFL-CIO President Richard L. Trumka is strongly reiterating the position that creation of more jobs will increase revenues and thus solve the nation's deficit and debt crisis.
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Labor

Bad news for workers: Kline hates EFCA, opposes tougher OSHA penalties
November 19, 2010 By Mark Gruenberg
WASHINGTON (PAI) - John Kline, the Republican who will take over the House Education and Labor Committee next year, hates the Employee Free Choice Act and opposes tougher penalties for job safety and health violations.
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