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 discuss key issues with GE
June 3, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg
Health care, wages and pensions topped the talks between a multi-union coalition, headed by the United Electrical Workers, with General Electric.
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U.S.

Vermont makes move toward single-payer health care
June 3, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg
Vermont has taken the first step towards creating a statewide single-payer government-run health care system.
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Labor

Union helps keep air safety rules in place
June 2, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg
Lobbying by the Air Line Pilots Association and families of victims of a Buffalo-area air crash grounded the GOP anti-federal-rules, anti-safety provision.
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Labor

Nation’s biggest union fast tracks Obama endorsement
June 1, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg
Delegates to the convention of the National Education Association will vote on whether to immediately endorse Democratic President Barack Obama for re-election.
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Labor

GOP lawmakers bash unions and labor board
June 1, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg
Republicans on the House Education and the Workforce Committee veered between criticizing unions and bashing the the NLRB.
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Labor

Nurses score wins for unions and patients
May 31, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg
Emphasizing that short-staffing harms patients, the National Nurses Union racked up a big contract win at the D.C. area's largest hospital, the Washington Hospital Center.
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Labor

Asian Americans tackle job discrimination
May 31, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg
Job discrimination is on the rise for Asian Americans, one of the fastest-growing minority group in the U.S., and now number 15 million nationwide.
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Labor

Labor’s use of giant rat deemed legal
May 27, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg
The National Labor Relations Board recently ruled the giant inflatable rat used by the labor movement is legal, even at demonstrations in front of secondary employers.
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