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

Politics

Lawmakers slam Trump rules curbing paid sick leave
April 7, 2020 By Mark Gruenberg
New Trump administration emergency rules for paid sick and family leave for workers impacted by the coronavirus pandemic have so many restrictions and loopholes that the two top congressional sponsors of the measure sent an angry...
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World

Left members of the European Parliament outline pandemic recovery plan
April 7, 2020 By Mark Gruenberg
“The voice of the trade unions must be heard because they represent workers during and after this crisis. This includes collective bargaining and the right to industrial action."
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Politics

Sanders: Next relief bill must pay everyone $2,000 per month
April 6, 2020 By Mark Gruenberg
Senator demands that universal healthcare be instituted by extending improved Medicare to every person in the country.
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Labor

Federal union sues for hazardous duty pay for exposed workers
April 6, 2020 By Mark Gruenberg
On March 28, Patrick Jones, aged 49, died of the coronavirus in the federal prison in Oakdale, La. He was the first federal inmate to perish from it.
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Labor

News Guild, journalists’ union, sets out to save newspapers
April 3, 2020 By Mark Gruenberg
Emphasizing their role in getting reliable information out to the public, the News Guild is setting out to save endangered newspapers across the country.
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Labor

Rail workers blast Trump use of coronavirus to trash safety rules, inspections
April 3, 2020 By Mark Gruenberg
“We cannot sit back and let the carriers and the government make us pay the price for their criminal lack of foresight."
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Labor

New jobless claims skyrocket to 6.648 million, double last week
April 2, 2020 By Mark Gruenberg
Welcome to the rerun of the Great Recession, if not the Great Depression, thanks to the coronavirus pandemic and its spread through the U.S.
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U.S.

Trump regime’s threat to suspend Constitution draws flak
April 2, 2020 By Mark Gruenberg
“This disease will test our democracy. But it doesn’t have to undermine it.”
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