Mark Gruenberg

Mark Gruenberg is head of the Washington, D.C., bureau of People's World. He is also the editor of Press Associates Inc. (PAI), a union news service in Washington, D.C. that he has headed since 1999. Previously, he worked as Washington correspondent for the Ottaway News Service, as Port Jervis bureau chief for the Middletown, NY Times Herald Record, and as a researcher and writer for Congressional Quarterly. Mark obtained his BA in public policy from the University of Chicago and worked as the University of Chicago correspondent for the Chicago Daily News.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Mark Gruenberg

Politics

Trump Labor Dept. plans again to rob tipped workers
December 10, 2020 By Mark Gruenberg
Trump’s Labor Department unveiled its rule on tipped workers’ wages on Thanksgiving, giving those workers sour grapes to go with their turkey, if they could afford turkey. On their wages, most can’t.
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Labor

Jobless workers urge lawmakers to act on big economic aid measure
December 10, 2020 By Mark Gruenberg
They demand help, not attempts to overturn a free, fair election, from their lawmakers.
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U.S.

McConnell, Mnuchin stall talks on COVID relief bill
December 9, 2020 By Mark Gruenberg
Money for war, money for tax breaks for the rich, but nothing for the suffering mass of Americans.
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U.S.

Trump Labor Department allows religion as excuse for firing
December 9, 2020 By Mark Gruenberg
New discriminatory rule yet another Trump attempt to saddle incoming Biden administration with policies tough to reverse.
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Labor

Civil rights, labor groups petition Biden with their agendas
December 9, 2020 By Mark Gruenberg
Prominent civil rights groups are bringing wide-ranging policy agendas to Democratic President-Elect Joe Biden.
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World

Vaccination starts in UK, concern grows over short supply in U.S.
December 8, 2020 By Mark Gruenberg
Trump blew chance for larger supply because he was angling for an “America First” monopoly on the vaccine.
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Labor

Lawmakers voting to keep government going, workers need action to survive
December 8, 2020 By Mark Gruenberg
Congress must provide the massive aid necessary to kill the virus, keep people alive, and save the economy.
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Environment

Bank refusal and lawsuit may trump Trump drilling in wildlife refuge
December 7, 2020 By Mark Gruenberg
On drilling in Alaska’s National Wildlife Refuge, banks, like broken clocks, get it right once every so often.
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