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

Obama to building trades: GOP blocking construction jobs
May 1, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg
Obama's campaign for more construction jobs comes against a continuing backdrop of high joblessness in the construction industry: 17.2% in March, more than double the national jobless rate of 8.2%.
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Labor

Workers say fight to save Post Office goes on
May 1, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg
By a 62-37 vote on Apr. 25, the Senate approved a modified postal "reform" bill, S1789. The battle over the future of the Postal Service now moves to the GOP-run House.
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Labor

Walker’s revenge felt by Wisconsin workers
April 30, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg
Three groups of Badger State workers have been 'disciplined' for opposing GOP Gov. Scott Walker.
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Labor

Labor and allies make their stand outside Supreme Court
April 27, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg
Unionists and their allies made their stand for immigrants' rights clear outside the justices' front door.
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U.S.

Justices skeptical about parts of Arizona immigration law
April 27, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg
Where Arizona and federal laws differ is that Arizona has higher penalties against only the workers and presumes they're undocumented, forcing them to prove their legality.
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Labor

Senate defeats GOP anti-union scheme
April 25, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg
The anti-union measure would have nullified NLRB rules that consolidate legal hearings regarding the union votes and shortening the time period for employers' appeals.
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Labor

Florida tomato harvesters take penny campaign to Giant Food
April 20, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg
Day by day for the last eight years, Santiago Perez has toiled in the tomato fields of Immokalee, Fla. It's not fun.
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U.S.

Renewed push to legally ban racial profiling
April 19, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg
In an April 17 Senate hearing, union groups joined civil rights, community and faith-based organizations in a renewed push to legally ban racial profiling by law enforcers.
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