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

Wisconsin lawmakers to vote on GOP gov’s anti-union package
February 16, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg And Dominique Paul Noth
MADISON, Wis. - Even among this year's new wave of Republican governors, Wisconsin's Scott Walker sticks out for his anti-union, anti-state worker legislative package.
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U.S.

Documents reveal Chamber of Commerce sabotage campaign
February 15, 2011 By John Wojcik And Mark Gruenberg
Thousands of memos show how the U.S. Chamber of Commerce led a sabotage campaign against major labor unions and progressive organizations that oppose its pro-business agenda.
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Labor

Obama plan cuts funds for Labor Department next year
February 15, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg
President Barack Obama's proposed spending plan for the fiscal year starting Oct. 1 cuts the Department of Labor's budget by $40 billion.
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U.S.

GOP seeks immediate cut in Dept of Labor budget
February 15, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg
House Republicans are seeking large cuts in domestic programs for the rest of this fiscal year - including 21 percent from the Labor Department - and they promise more to come next year.
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Labor

Airport screeners go union
February 14, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg
AFGE President John Gage happily announced Transportation Security Administration administrator John Pistole's ruling.
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Labor

Union happy with new Obama crackdown on mine owners
February 8, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg
Mine workers welcome Obama's plan to make it easier in cracking down on coal companies that are constant safety violators. However specific rules need to be enforced in order to further erode the systemic problem, unions...
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U.S.

Economists paint bleak picture of Great Recession aftermath
February 8, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg
A total of one out of every six workers are un- or underemployed.
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Labor

GOP uses “budget cutting” to attack unions
February 7, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg
An influential right-wing group among the House's new GOP majority, the 170-member Republican Study Committee (RSC), is using "budget cutting" as an excuse to attack federal worker union reps.
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