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

U.S.

Top AFL-CIO staffer says Johnson’s Brexit pact bad for U.K. and U.S. workers
October 21, 2019 By Mark Gruenberg
The corporate interests that funded the Brexit campaign, plus Johnson, want to follow Brexit with a NAFTA-like “free trade” pact between Britain and Trump.
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Politics

Impeachment crisis: Mulvaney admits guilt but says “get over it”
October 18, 2019 By Mark Gruenberg
Trump’s approach now is to brazenly admit to almost everything he has been charged with.
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Politics

Key impeachment panel chair Cummings dies at 68; Probe goes on
October 17, 2019 By Mark Gruenberg
“The Congressional Black Caucus will honor his legacy by fearlessly seeking the truth and ensuring every person in this country has the opportunity to achieve the American dream.”
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Labor

Living and dying on the factory floor: Class and race at work
October 17, 2019 By Mark Gruenberg
David Ranney says "rather than rant at people about class and race, we should realize that when class” comes to the fore, and workers unite as a class against bosses, “racism can go away.”
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Labor

United Auto Workers and GM reach tentative contract deal
October 16, 2019 By Mark Gruenberg
If the local leaders agree, the union’s 48,000 GM members, whom the firm forced to strike precisely a month before, would vote on the pact over the following two weeks.
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News

Dem hopefuls unite on impeachment, spar on Medicare-for-All
October 16, 2019 By Mark Gruenberg
Three of the congressional “Squad” members, Reps. Ilhan Omar, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Rashida Tlaib, endorse Bernie Sanders.
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Labor

Trump tries to rob tipped workers – again
October 11, 2019 By Mark Gruenberg
Donald Trump seems to have a particular hatred for poor workers, especially if they’re women, people of color, or both.
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Politics

Argentinian election on Oct. 27 will impact workers and unions
October 10, 2019 By Mark Gruenberg
The Oct. 27 Argentinian election, which will probably unseat current right-wing President Mauricio Macri, will have a big impact on workers and unions.
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