Mark Gruenberg

Award-winning journalist Mark Gruenberg is head of the Washington, D.C., bureau of People's World. He is also the editor of the union news service Press Associates Inc. (PAI). Known for his reporting skills, sharp wit, and voluminous knowledge of history, Mark is a compassionate interviewer but tough when going after big corporations and their billionaire owners.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Mark Gruenberg

U.S.

More than 200 arrested at immigration rights rally in D.C.
October 9, 2013 By Mark Gruenberg
The protests show that immigration reform supporters are prepared to continue the battle until the House leadership puts the immigration bill up for a vote.
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Labor

Supreme Court postpones top labor case involving NLRB rulings
October 2, 2013 By Mark Gruenberg
McCutcheon is scheduled for Oct. 8, but the court may not be in session because Congress has not approved money bills to keep the government going.
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U.S.

Government shutdown: Monumental idiocy
October 2, 2013 By Mark Gruenberg
"Punishing federal workers and taxpayers to prove a point is a temper tantrum worthy of a four-year old, not a policy choice of a responsible political party."
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Opinion

Welcome Pope Francis, campaigner against corporate greed!
September 27, 2013 By Mark Gruenberg
The campaign against corporate criminals and their gluttonous greed just added a new speaker with a very loud voice, Pope Francis I.
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Labor

Workers welcome Obama’s new home health care rules
September 23, 2013 By Mark Gruenberg
"We do work hard for very little. You can't go far on $8.87 an hour." Laura Lyn Clark toils more than 100 hours a week.
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Labor

D.C. unions to City Council: We’ll remember your Walmart vote
September 23, 2013 By Mark Gruenberg
Workers citywide will remember which city council members voted for Walmart in upholding Mayor Vincent Gray's veto of legislation requiring a $12.50 minimum wage.
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Labor

Irish unions battle minimum wage cuts
September 20, 2013 By Mark Gruenberg
Can you imagine battling the Great Recession by cutting the minimum wage?
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Labor

Groups launch new initiative for women’s equality
September 20, 2013 By Mark Gruenberg
Women's organizations, activists, and lawmakers launched a women's economic intiative that includes not just reproductive rights but pay equity, good jobs, and economic justice.
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