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

Steelworkers: Refinery closings could cause oil shortages in Northeast
January 13, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg
The union says oil companies' closure of three big refineries in the Philadelphia area - and a plan to demolish one plant if its owner can't find a buyer - could lead to oil shortages in...
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Labor

Supreme Court takes case that would cripple labor’s political activity
January 10, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg
Yet another right-wing attempt to curb unions' political activism, by cutting off money, landed before the Supreme Court today.
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U.S.

Wisconsin recall Walker campaign reaches signature minimum
January 9, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg
But organizers want to send at least 720,277 names to the state as a show of strength and to provide a cushion should officials disallow some of the signatures.
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Labor

Airline union win shows importance of courts to workers
January 6, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg
When the nation's transportation unions won a significant decision on union election rules, in federal appeals court, it emphasized the importance of courts to workers.
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Labor

High court to hear union campaign finance case
January 5, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg
Another right-wing effort to throw public worker unions out of politics hit the U.S. Supreme Court agenda.
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Opinion

Congress staggers home to angry constituents
January 3, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg
The God-forsaken Republican-run 112th Congress staggered home for an almost month-long recess. After what it did and did not do, workers and their allies are using the break to give those lawmakers an earful.
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U.S.

GOP caves, Congress passes jobless benefits extension
January 2, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg
Congress finally passed a two-month extension of long-term unemployment benefits and a Social Security payroll tax cut for workers.
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Labor

Feds hit Houston oil pipe firm with $1m safety violation fine
January 2, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg
OSHA inspectors found 13 willful violations, with a fine of $70,000 each, including unguarded presses, no guards on machines for cutting I-beams, and pipes and no brakes on overhead cranes.
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