Stories by Mark Brenner

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New York Nurses Take Back Their Union, Push for Safe Staffing

Posted on May 20, 2012, Source: Labor Notes

The ability of NYSNA nurses to chart their own course, ensuring patient care and bedside nursing are priorities, is a reminder that unions can change based on member involvement.

American Workers Versus the Tea Parties

Posted on Sep 30, 2010, Source: Labor Notes

Can organized labor out-organize the tea parties?

Will Your Pension Be Wall Street's Next Casualty?

Posted on Oct 28, 2009, Source: Labor Notes

For years corporations have been trying to choke the life out of traditional pensions ... and they may get their wish.

Too Big to Fail? Take it Over.

Posted on Apr 8, 2009, Source: Labor Notes

Bankers have driven our economy off a cliff. Why hand them the keys again?

Bankruptcy Would Be Tinkering Around the Edges of Detroit's Problems

Posted on Apr 1, 2009, Source: Labor Notes

If the car companies are too big to fail, too poorly run to put right, it’s time to take them over.

Service Employees Vote to Split United Healthcare Workers-West, Members Call for Disaffiliation

Posted on Jan 14, 2009, Source: Labor Notes

The move would create a single local union for all of SEIU's nursing home and home-care workers in California.

Faced with Economic Crunch and Management Squeeze, Unions Fight Back

Posted on Dec 27, 2008, Source: Labor Notes

As companies scramble to shore up profits, many are turning to a well-rehearsed script: ask union workers for concessions.

Slashing Wages Will Hurt Workers, But It Won't Save the Big Three

Posted on Dec 8, 2008, Source: Labor Notes

Some conservatives are using inaccurate numbers to pin the blame for Detroit's pain on union workers.

End of the Road: Is the Auto Industry Dead?

Posted on Nov 19, 2008, Source: Labor Notes

With U.S. car makers billions of dollars in the red, jobs vanishing and factories closing, the industry's problems may be insurmountable.

A Financial Meltdown 30 Years in the Making

Posted on Nov 10, 2008, Source: Labor Notes

A crisis precipitated by the wealthy, and we're all getting stuck with the tab.

Divide and Conquer: Unions Facing Tough Times

Posted on Jan 15, 2008, Source: Labor Notes

In recent years, working people have made huge givebacks under the gun of employers, courts, and (yes, even) union officials.
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