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 renominates his pick for labor board
February 7, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg
Showing he won't take the Senate GOP "no's" for an answer, President Barack Obama on Jan. 26 renominated former top union attorney Craig Becker as a member of the National Labor Relations Board.
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World

Egyptian workers form independent union coalition
February 4, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg
Egyptian workers, suppressed by a government-sponsored and government-run labor federation, have broken away to form their own independent unions and federation and join the popular protests against President Hosni Mubarak's dictatorial rule.
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U.S.

It’s official: jobless rate in January at 9 percent
February 4, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg
Unemployment dropped in January by .4 percent to 9 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. It was the second straight .4 percent monthly decline in the official rate. That was the only good news in...
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Labor

Court green lights union pension lawsuit vs. financier
February 4, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg
BOSTON (PAI) - In one of the first cases affecting unions and their members to emerge from Wall Street's financial finagling, a federal appeals court in Boston gave the go-ahead to a class action suit by...
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U.S.

Obama renominates his pick for labor board
February 4, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg
Obama renominated former top union attorney Craig Becker as a member of the National Labor Relations Board
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U.S.

Fight against Walmart stepped up
February 4, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg
In rallies nationwide, union members told communities of the retailer's record and urged opposition to Walmart - even if itscaled back from its usual "superstores."
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Labor

Union elections ahead at United
February 2, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg
The merger of Continental Airlines into Chicago-based United Airlines, creating the newest mega-carrier, will set off a round of union recognition elections among the combined carrier's 55,000 workers
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Labor

OSHA backtracks on documenting ergonomic injuries
February 1, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg
Responding to what it called complaints by "small business," the Occupational Safety and Health Administration retreated from even the mild ergonomics proposal it had planned for later this year.
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