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

Labor

Speaking for millions, union leaders declare “it’s our turn”
February 25, 2015 By John Wojcik And Mark Gruenberg
A group of the nation's top union leaders, looking dead serious, filed silently in and up to the front of the press room at the Westin Hotel in Atlanta.
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Labor

Unions ride the wave of low-wage worker organizing
February 24, 2015 By Mark Gruenberg
Workers caught the nation's attention by saying "Enough is enough!" to low wages, lousy working conditions and lack of rights.
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Labor

Obama uses Pullman monument dedication to push workers’ rights
February 23, 2015 By Mark Gruenberg
"Dignity and opportunity aren't just gifts to be handed down by a generous government or by a generous employer. They are rights."
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Labor

Canadian Supreme Court: Public workers have the right to strike
February 13, 2015 By Mark Gruenberg
As a result of Canadian laws and attitudes, union density there is at least double that in the U.S.
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Labor

GOP-run Senate panel moves against the NLRB
February 12, 2015 By Mark Gruenberg
With the Senate Labor Committee now in the hands of Republicans, both labor committees on Capitol Hill are attacking workers' rights enforced by the NLRB.
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Environment

GOP drafting bill to let asbestos manufacturers off the hook
February 12, 2015 By Mark Gruenberg
"Had these companies shared the information they knew about the dangers of asbestos, countless lives would have been saved."
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Labor

Illinois GOP governor rolls out right-wing anti-union agenda
February 11, 2015 By Mark Gruenberg
New Illinois GOP Gov. Bruce Rauner yanked union rights to collect dues or fees from thousands of home health caregivers in the state.
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Labor

Teachers, unions weigh in as Senate panel starts rewrite of federal education law
February 6, 2015 By Mark Gruenberg
Ever since Bush's No Child Left Behind, teachers, parents, administrators and lawmakers have been at odds over how to judge schools, kids and teachers.
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