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

Nearly 17 million have lost their jobs, overwhelming state unemployment agencies
April 9, 2020 By Mark Gruenberg
While the government did not release data by race or ethnic group, the Economic Policy Institute warns people of color are suffering more.
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U.S.

Congressional Black Caucus tackles outsized coronavirus impact on African Americans
April 9, 2020 By Mark Gruenberg
“Blacks are nickeled and dimed” for both health services and access to other aid, says Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee.
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Labor

Senate Dems propose big pay hike for frontline anti-pandemic workers
April 8, 2020 By Mark Gruenberg
Senate Democrats’ plans for the next big economic stimulus bill include a big pay hike for frontline workers.
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U.S.

Sanders drops out of Democratic race, says movement “won the ideological struggle”
April 8, 2020 By Mark Gruenberg And C.J. Atkins
Acknowledging Biden will be the nominee, Sanders declared, “We will go forward together to defeat Donald Trump, the most dangerous president in modern history."
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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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