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

Labor leaders to focus on 2012 election
February 29, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg
As might be expected in a presidential election year, politics will take center stage when the AFL-CIO Executive Council meets.
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U.S.

U.S. report backs Steelworker warning on oil supply
February 29, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg
Now, the Steelworkers say, it's up to the government to do something about it.
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Labor

Top union-hating contractor backs Romney
February 27, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg
Romney's opposition to project labor agreements won him a standing ovation from the anti-worker, anti-union group.
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Labor

Push work sharing to soften impact of joblessness
February 24, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg
The job-sharing plan is another attempt to cut the impact of joblessness even in a weak recovery.
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Labor

Trumka lauds low-wage workers’ progress in self-organizing
February 24, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg
Richard Trumka spent a two-day February swing through California lauding car wash workers, home health care aides, domestic workers, and day laborers.
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Labor

Union says collective bargaining protects pregnant women
February 24, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg
With business discrimination against pregnant female workers still widespread, the Service Employees contend one of the best ways to battle it is through collective bargaining and union contracts.
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Opinion

Truckers force port to talk and lawmakers to act
February 15, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg
"They want to make the owners responsible for the equipment they (the truckers) use," Michaels explains.
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Labor

AFL-CIO: Republicans voted almost 100% wrong on labor issues
February 14, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg
The party cleavage was stark in the GOP-run House last year on key votes. Unions use the AFL-CIO figures as part of their evaluations when deciding, locally, whether to support or oppose an incumbent lawmaker.
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