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

AFL-CIO creates SuperPAC in political revamp
August 4, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg
The labor movement is seeking to expand its influence in the political arena beyond its own membership.
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Labor

Labor leaders at White House press Obama on jobs
August 3, 2011 By John Wojcik And Mark Gruenberg
Labor leaders met for more than an hour with President Obama on Tuesday, urging him to focus on jobs for the remainder of his first term.
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Labor

Unions demand good jobs as study shows openings pay little
August 2, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg
"Industries that once were great contributors to our country - auto, shipbuilding, machine tools and even electronics - are shadows of what they once were," declares the Task Force on Job Creation, in its report, released...
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Labor

Report: Sexual discrimination rampant
August 1, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg
Sexual discrimination on the job, including sexual harassment, is much more rampant, and takes many more forms, than is generally realized, a new report from the Institute for Women's Policy Research says.
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Labor

GOP’s opposition to voting rule caused 4,000 FAA layoffs
August 1, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg
Republican congressional opposition to a rule covering union elections among airline and railroad workers led to a partial shutdown of the Federal Aviation Administration and the layoff of 4,000 FAA workers at midnight on July 22.
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Labor

Unions hit GOP’s “Boeing Bill”
July 22, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg
What it really is, union leaders say, is a move to strip the NLRB of much of its power to rule for and protect workers' rights.
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Labor

Union leaders blast White House Wal-Mart alliance
July 21, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg
Everyone wants more fresh food in low-income communities, but Wal-Mart's lousy anti-worker stands undermine those same communities.
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U.S.

Unions, allies launch national campaign for caregivers, clients
July 19, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg
The objective is to enhance community-based and home-based long-term care for the current 7.6 million elderly adults who need it and for the estimated one-fifth of the U.S. population that will need it by 2030.
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