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

Labor

Trump Labor Department issues low-ball figures for May jobless rate
June 5, 2020 By Mark Gruenberg
The U.S. jobless rate unexpectedly declined 1.2 percentage points in May, to 13.3%, according to low-ball figures issued by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on June 5.
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Labor

One third of labor force now jobless as pandemic unemployment climbs
June 4, 2020 By Mark Gruenberg
Official jobless claims in this new great depression hit 42.65 million; real number estimated at 50 million or more.
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Labor

Trumka, other labor leaders, commit unions to the fight against racism
June 4, 2020 By Mark Gruenberg
They declare the fight must include key moves at the ballot box this fall, starting with Trump’s removal from the White House.
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Politics

Biden offers a sharp contrast to Trump in remarks on the uprising
June 3, 2020 By Mark Gruenberg
“It’s all at stake. That is truer today than ever. And it’s in this urgency we can find the path forward…To paraphrase Reverend (William) Barber, it’s in the mourning we find hope.”
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Politics

Illinois Gov. Pritzker, others warn of Trump’s dangerous turn
June 2, 2020 By Mark Gruenberg
Pritzker was irate, saying afterwards that Trump “is strictly trying to make himself sound like a strong man – almost like a dictator.” HRF blasted Trump’s “frightening turn towards despotism.”
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U.S.

Biden and Obama: Floyd killing exposes systemic racism in U.S.
June 1, 2020 By Mark Gruenberg
That systemic racism expressed itself in the murder of Floyd when a heavy white cop, Derek Chauvin, kneed him in the neck for almost 10 minutes.
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Labor

Dem lawmakers join Biden slamming Trump for not protecting workers
May 29, 2020 By Mark Gruenberg
Everyone from Joe Biden to Democratic lawmakers to unions are condemning OSHA for failing to enforce worker safety rules.
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Politics

Unions: $500 billion went to corporations, Postal Service got nothing
May 28, 2020 By Mark Gruenberg
The need for a functioning and financed Postal Service “is even stronger in this emergency,” said Dimondstein.
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