Mark Gruenberg

Mark Gruenberg is head of the Washington, D.C., bureau of People's World. He is also the editor of Press Associates Inc. (PAI), a union news service in Washington, D.C. that he has headed since 1999. Previously, he worked as Washington correspondent for the Ottaway News Service, as Port Jervis bureau chief for the Middletown, NY Times Herald Record, and as a researcher and writer for Congressional Quarterly. Mark obtained his BA in public policy from the University of Chicago and worked as the University of Chicago correspondent for the Chicago Daily News.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Mark Gruenberg

Environment

Unionists link growing usage of mass transit to combating global warming
September 29, 2020 By Mark Gruenberg
Increasing people’s usage of mass transit will not only help combat global warming but could produce tens of thousands of good union jobs.
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U.S.

Trump court nominee Barrett tied to group advocating criminalization of homosexuality
September 29, 2020 By Mark Gruenberg
Right-wing hate group, the Alliance Defending Freedom, paid her money for speeches she delivered for to their members and supporters.
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Labor

Trump Labor Dept. would turn more workers into ‘independent contractors’
September 28, 2020 By Mark Gruenberg
Trump’s latest gift to big business takes employee rights away from millions.
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Labor

Farm Worker tells lawmakers about undocumented, but essential, workers
September 25, 2020 By Mark Gruenberg
He brings his story to a congressional hearing.
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U.S.

Trump wants the Supreme Court, not the people, to decide the election
September 25, 2020 By Mark Gruenberg
When the Court’s term opens in a few days the justices will face some of the most important decisions they have ever made.
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Labor

Millions kicked off unemployment, but Senate Republicans still won’t renew $600
September 24, 2020 By Mark Gruenberg
Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., has killed the House-passed HEROES Act, which would have reinstated the $600 federal unemployment benefit and extended them through Jan. 31.
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Labor

Much at stake for workers in federal appeals courts
September 23, 2020 By Mark Gruenberg
Workers’ rights at stake in all the nation’s courts.
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Politics

Trump and Barr make unconstitutional threat to withdraw funds from ‘anarchist jurisdictions’
September 22, 2020 By Mark Gruenberg
Yet another attempt to hurt big cities that have had to step in and handle coronavirus and other issues ignored by the administration.
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